The ratio of the angle ACB to 360 degrees will be 100360 518. L e n g t h th 360 2 p r The arc length formula is used to find the length of an arc of a circle. Example 2 Use the arc length formula for the following parametric equations.
In other words its the distance from one point on the edge of a circle to another or just a portion of the circumference.
The length of an arc is found by forming a ratio of the arc to the whole circle then multiplying it by the formula for circumference either 2pr 2 p r or pd p d like this. In other words its the distance from one point on the edge of a circle to another or just a portion of the circumference. 72p 2p r2. Displaystyle sint _ a b sqrt 1left frac dy dxright 2dx Curves with closed-form solutions for arc length include the catenary circle cycloid logarithmic spiral parabola semicubical parabola and straight line.