If the pendulum of a clock swings through an angle of 2.8 radians and the length of the arc that its tip travels is 40, the length of the pendulum is what?

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A)12.54
B) 13.58
C) 14.29
D) 52
E) 112

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-17T22:27:44

#r=100/7 larr" Exact answer"#

#r~~14.29 " to 2 decimal places "larr" Approximate answer"#

Set the radius of the arc as #r#

A radian measure is such that the length of the loci (path) of the tip of the radius is exactly the same length of the radius.

Tony B

The angular measure is #2.8# radians

So we have #2.8xxr=40#

#=>r=40/2.8 = 14.2857...# but this is not a precise value.

Multiply by 1 and you do not change the value,. However 1 comes in many forms. Note that #10/10=1#

#r=[40/2.8xx10/10]=400/28 = 200/14=100/7#
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