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The radius of a circle is 5 inches. What is the angle measure of an arc a inches long?

The radius of a circle is 5 inches. What is the angle measure of an arc a inches long-example-1
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I would think it’s just pi but I don’t think that’s correct
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The radius of a circle is 5 inches so, the angle measure of the arc is
(\pi)/(5) radians or 36 degrees.

The formula to find the angle measure (in radians) of an arc in a circle is given by:


\theta=(\ell)/(r)

where:

θ is the angle measure in radians,

ℓ is the length of the arc,

r is the radius of the circle.

In this case, you have
\ell=\pi \text { inches} and
r=5 \text { inches}. Plugging in these values into the formula:


\theta=(\pi)/(5)

So, the angle measure of the arc is
(\pi)/(5) radians.

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