SOLUTION: What is the relationship between a central angle and its intercepted arc?

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Question 612988: What is the relationship between a central angle and its intercepted arc?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the angle theta is measured in radians, then the arc length 's' is

s = theta*r

where r is the radius of the circle.

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