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Where have I gone wrong in this equation? Please help me find the answer

Where have I gone wrong in this equation? Please help me find the answer-example-1
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The 120/360 part is correct for each. This represents 1/3 of the circle since 120/360 = 1/3

Recall the formula to get the circumference is

C = 2pi*r

where r is the radius. The larger circle has a radius of 5+1 = 6; the smaller has a radius of 5.

The larger circle has a circumference (aka perimeter) of 2pi*r = 2pi*6 = 12pi. Take one third of this to find the larger arc and you should get 4pi.

The smaller circle has a perimeter of 10pi. One third of this is (10/3)pi which is the smaller arc length.

The difference of these arc lengths is what we're after

4pi - (10/3)pi = 2.094 approximately which rounds to 2.1 as the final answer

I used my calculator's stored value of pi rather than something like 3.14 so I could get the most accuracy possible.

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