In a cirlce #H#, if #angleDHG=(11x-36)^\circ# and #angleGHF=(x+12)^\circ#, find #hat{DG}#? I've found #x=17# and the #angleDHG=151^\circ#. Would you please help me on the next step to find the arc length?

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1 Answer
Jan 22, 2018

You've already figured it out.

#mhat {DG}=151^{\circ}#

Explanation:

An arc’s length means the same commonsense thing length always means — you know, like the length of a piece of string (with an arc, of course, it’d be a curved piece of string).

Make sure you don’t mix up arc length with the measure of an arc which is the degree size of its central angle.

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In this above given figure, we have measure of the arc #hat {AB}=45^{\circ}#.

Remember, the degree measure of an arc is written like #mhat{AB}#.

If we were to find the length of the arc #hat {AB}#, we would be using the formula:

#\text{Arc Length } m hat{AB} = ((mhat{AB})/360^{\circ})\cdot 2\pi r#