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    There are two main ways to measure angles: degrees and radians. Degrees divide a full circle into 360 equal parts while radians measure the angle formed by an arc whose length is equal to the radius of the circle. Radians allow for easier mathematical calculations involving angles and arc lengths. To convert between the two units, degrees are multiplied by π/180 and radians are multiplied by 180/π. The length of an arc is calculated using the arc length formula s = rθ, where s is the arc length, r is the radius, and θ is the central angle measure in radians.

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    1 Radian Measure and Arc Length

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    There are two main ways to measure angles: degrees and radians. Degrees divide a full circle into 360 equal parts while radians measure the angle formed by an arc whose length is equal to the radius of the circle. Radians allow for easier mathematical calculations involving angles and arc lengths. To convert between the two units, degrees are multiplied by π/180 and radians are multiplied by 180/π. The length of an arc is calculated using the arc length formula s = rθ, where s is the arc length, r is the radius, and θ is the central angle measure in radians.

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    There are two main ways to measure angles: degrees and radians. Degrees divide a full circle into 360 equal parts while radians measure the angle formed by an arc whose length is equal to the radius of the circle. Radians allow for easier mathematical calculations involving angles and arc lengths. To convert between the two units, degrees are multiplied by π/180 and radians are multiplied by 180/π. The length of an arc is calculated using the arc length formula s = rθ, where s is the arc length, r is the radius, and θ is the central angle measure in radians.

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    There are two main ways to measure angles: degrees and radians. Degrees divide a full circle into 360 equal parts while radians measure the angle formed by an arc whose length is equal to the radius of the circle. Radians allow for easier mathematical calculations involving angles and arc lengths. To convert between the two units, degrees are multiplied by π/180 and radians are multiplied by 180/π. The length of an arc is calculated using the arc length formula s = rθ, where s is the arc length, r is the radius, and θ is the central angle measure in radians.

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    Radian Measure and Arc Length

    There are two ways of measuring angles: Degrees and Radians

    Degree: 1 is one 360th part of a full circle.

    Degrees are used to express directionality and angle size. If you stand facing
    directly north, you are facing the direction of zero degrees, written as 0°. If you
    turn yourself fully around, so you end up facing north again, you have "turned
    through" 360°; that is, one revolution (one circle) is 360°.

    Radian: 1 radian is the angle made at the center of a circle by an arc whose length is
    equal to the radius of the circle.

    m<COD = 1 radian

    Why do we have to learn radians, when we already have perfectly good degrees?
    Because degrees, technically speaking, are not actually numbers, and we can only
    do math with numbers. This is somewhat similar to the difference between
    decimals and percentages. While “75%” has a clear meaning but you must first
    convert to the decimal equivalent form, 0.75. The 360° for one revolution, once
    around, is messy enough. You know that the circumference C of a circle with
    radius r is given by C = 2πr. If r = 1, then C = 2π. Why is the value for one
    revolution in radians the irrational value 2π? Because this value makes the math
    work out right.
    Converting between Degrees and Radians


    Degrees to Radians, multiply by 
    180

    180
    Radians to Degrees, multiply by 


    1) Convert 50 to radian measure. 2) Convert radians to degree measure.
    6

    3) What is 135 in radians? 4) What is  30 in radian measure?

    2 7
    5) Convert radians to degrees. 6) Convert radians into degrees.
    3 4

    7) Convert 4 radians to degrees.


    As discussed in previous lessons, and Arc of a Circle is a "portion" of the circumference
    of the circle.

    The length of an arc is simply the length of its "portion" of the circumference.  The
    circumference of a circle is considered to be an arc length.

    The letter s is typically used to represent arc length. In the diagram below,  subtends
    .

    Arc Length Formula:

    s  r
    (  measured in radians)

    7
    1) How long is the arc subtended by an angle of   radians on a circle of radius 20
    4
    cm?

    1
    2) In a circle, a central angle of  radians subtends an arc of 3 centimeters.  Find
    3
    the length, in centimeters, of the radius of the circle.
    3) A sector of a circle (slice of a circle) has a radius of 12 cm. and an angle of 65º. 
    To the nearest tenth of a cm., find its arc length.

    4) In circle O, the radius is 4, and the length of minor arc   is 4.2 feet.  Find the
    measure of minor arc   to the nearest degree.

    5) Alison is jogging on a circular track that has a radius of 140 feet.  She runs along
    the track from point R to point N, a distance of 230 feet.  Find to the nearest
    degree, the measure of minor arc  .
    6) Given shape ABO, find the perimeter of the sector

    Homework:

    Convert the following to radian measure:

    1) -290° 2) 345° 3) 970° 4) -510°

    5) 510° 6) 150° 7) 210° 8) -240°


    Convert the following radian measures to degree measure:

     25 35 3
    9) 10)  11) 12) 
    18 12 18 2

     5 16 11
    13) 14)  15) 16)
    3 4 3 6

    17) The number of radians in a complete rotation is approximately ____.

    5
    18) How long is the arc subtended by an angle of   radians on a circle of radius 15
    6
    in?

    19) In circle O, the radius is 4, and the measure of minor arc   is 120 degrees.  Find
    the length of minor arc  to the nearest integer.
    20) Find, in centimeters, the length of an arc intercepted by a central angle of 4
    radians in a circle with a radius of 3.5 cm.

    21) When she is outdoors, Tasha, the dog, is tied to a stake in the center of a circular
    area of radius 24 feet.  The angle between her dog house and her favorite hydrant
    is 165 degrees.  What is the length of the arc from her dog house to the hydrant,
    following minor arc  , to the nearest foot.

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