SOLUTION: Teddy watched a spider crawl through an arc of 54 degree on a disk radius 10 in. How far did the spider crawl? Thanks!

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Question 1153220: Teddy watched a spider crawl through an arc of 54 degree on a disk radius 10 in. How far did the spider crawl?
Thanks!

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The length of an arc, , is given by:



where:
= arc length
= radius
= angle in radians

The radius of the disc is and the angle the spider crawled through is °. We need to convert the angle from degrees to radians.
There are radians in °, so we can set up a proportion to determine the angle in radians:



radians


the spider crawled about


Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Teddy watched a spider crawl through an arc of 54 degree on a disk radius 10 in. How far did the spider crawl?
Thanks!
 

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