SOLUTION: Suppose an ant walks counterclockwise on a unit circle from the point (1,0) to the endpoint of the radius that forms an angle of 240 degrees with the positive horizontal axis. How

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Question 274891: Suppose an ant walks counterclockwise on a unit circle from the point (1,0) to the endpoint of the radius that forms an angle of 240 degrees with the positive horizontal axis. How far has the ant walked? Give an exact answer (do not round off)
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Suppose an ant walks counterclockwise on a unit circle from the point (1,0) to the endpoint of the radius that forms an angle of 240 degrees with the positive horizontal axis. How far has the ant walked?
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The circumference of the circle is 2pi
240 degs is 2/3 of it, = 4pi/3