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Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Length of an arc

I’m tinkering with some cardboard modelling, and I need to know how to get the length of an arc. I know how to get the circumference of a circle, but this is eluding me and my rusty O Level Maths (grade C).

So:
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I need to know the length of the red line. X and Y are known sizes, and the red line (in this instance) is part of a circle.

However, just to muddy the waters a little, it may be that the red line is a section of an ellipse:
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The fact that the shapes are both symmetrical should help.

So, what]s the magic formula? Thanks. :)

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Length of an arc

http://www.handymath.com/cgi-bin/arc18.cgi?submit=Entry

Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Length of an arc

cloaked_wolf wrote:
http://www.handymath.com/cgi-bin/arc18.cgi?submit=Entry


Oooh - handy. Thanks :-)

Author:  brataccas [ Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Length of an arc

are you too lazy to read the bible? :evil: or did it not specify the blueprints of noah's........


nvm :evil:

Author:  rustybucket [ Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Length of an arc

brataccas wrote:
are you too lazy to read the bible? :evil: or did it not specify the blueprints of noah's........


I knew it...

:lol:

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