ACT Math · Circles, arcs, and sectors
A circle has diameter 20. What is the length of an arc with a central angle of 72°?
A circle has diameter 20. What is the length of an arc with a central angle of 72°?
Answer and explanation
Answer: A: 4π
The diameter is , so the radius is and the circumference is . The arc is of the circle, so its length is , choice A. Choice C () is half the circumference, the arc for . Choice B () is of the circumference, for . Choice D () uses of the circumference rather than . Use the radius in , not the diameter, to find the circumference.
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