SOLUTION: Each side of an inscribed square measures 18cm. Find the length of one of the circle's minor arcs. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Question 1179287: Each side of an inscribed square measures 18cm. Find the length of one of the circle's minor arcs. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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the diagonal of the square is 18 sqrt(2) cm. That is the diameter of the circle.
The circumference of the circle is therefore 18 sqrt(2)*π cm.
That is divided up into 4 equal arcs, so each arc is 4.5 sqrt(2)*π cm or 19.99 cm
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