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Find the arc length of the semicircle.

Either enter an exact answer in terms of pi or use 3.14, point, 14 for pi and enter your answer as a decimal.
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Find the arc length of the semicircle. Either enter an exact answer in terms of pi-example-1
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we know the semi-circle has a radius of 5, and of course the central angle wil be π.


\textit{arc's length}\\\\ s=r\theta ~~ \begin{cases} r=radius\\ \theta =\stackrel{radians}{angle}\\[-0.5em] \hrulefill\\ \theta =\pi \\ r=5 \end{cases}\implies s=5\pi \implies \stackrel{\pi =3.14}{s=15.7}

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