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User Gyoho
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Answer:

  • 8.38 in
  • 41.89 in

Explanation:

The length of the arc is proportional to the central angle.

Circumference

The circumference of the circle is given by ...

C = 2πr

C = 2π(8 in) = 16π in ≈ 50.265 in

Shorter arc

The 60° arc represents 60°/360° = 1/6 of the circle, so its measure will be 1/6 of the total circumference.

short arc = (1/6)(16π in) ≈ 8.38 in

Longer arc

The remaining portion of the circle is 5/6 of the total circumference, so is ...

long arc = (5/6)(16π in) ≈ 41.89 in

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Additional comment

If you use 3.14 for pi, you will get shorter lengths for the arcs. Here, we used the calculator's "pi button."

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