Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Radian Measure and the Unit Circle - Section 3.2 Applications of Radian Measure - 3.2 Exercises - Page 104: 22

Answer

1452 km

Work Step by Step

Arc length s (for central angle $\theta$):$ \quad s=r\theta$, where $\theta$ is in radians Converting between Degrees and Radians 1. Multiply a degree measure by $\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{180}$ radian and simplify to convert to radians. 2. Multiply a radian measure by $\displaystyle \frac{180^{\mathrm{o}}}{\pi}$ and simplify to convert to degrees. ---------------- $\theta=49^{\mathrm{o}}-36^{\mathrm{o}}=13^{\mathrm{o}}$ we convert this to radians (conversion, case 1) $\theta=13 (\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{180}$ rad $)=\displaystyle \frac{13\pi}{180}$ rad Arc length s, with r=6400 km $ s=r\displaystyle \theta=6400(\frac{13\pi}{180})\approx$1452.11393766$\approx 1452$ km
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