"Laurence Reeves" <l@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Greg Neill wrote:
>> "Chris Grubb" <threefates@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Isn't that the arc length?
>>>=20
>>>=20
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>>>> A circle has a radius of 42.13 feet and is equally divided around
>>>> the cir***ference into 34 pieces.
>>>> What is the chord length?
>>> 7.78 ft
>>=20
>> No, but the chord length is close to the arc length.
> Now, the arc length of each of the 34 pieces, rounded to two decimal
> places, would be 7.79 ft. As there was no specific chord defined in
> the problem, one can only assume that the chord corresponding to one
> of these pieces is meant, and that, rounded to two decimal places,
> would be=20
> 7.77 ft, so I guess that 7.78 ft would be something else.
My calculator had rounded to 3 places at 7.775,
and I then rounded up to 7.78 . Ah well, my bad.
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