SOLUTION: Miles is decorating a paper plate. He is going to put a ribbon around part of the circumference of plate. The radius of the plate is 6 inches. If the central angle formed by the

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Question 1082045: Miles is decorating a paper plate. He is going to put a ribbon around part of the circumference of plate. The radius of the plate is 6 inches. If the central angle formed by the start and end of his ribbon is 4.5 radians, how much string does he need?
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Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


I have no idea in the world how much string he needs, and neither does anyone else. However, if what you really wanted to know was how much ribbon he needs, then

The circumference of the plate is

Since there are radians in a circumference, he needs to go of the way around the circle. So:



You can do your own arithmetic. Hint: The values cancel

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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