Practice Math B

algebraisabeast · #1 $Old$ January 13th, 2009, 05:44 PM

I am reviewing for my math b exam. So I do not know how to solve a problem. I have looked up the answer but I do not know where the numbers have come from in order to solve this problem. The problem that

I am solving is number 25 on pg 12

http://www.jmap.org/JMAP/JMAPArchive...07mathbans.pdf

this is the link thanks

Prove It · #2 $Old$ January 13th, 2009, 05:49 PM

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I am reviewing for my math b exam. So I do not know how to solve a problem. I have looked up the answer but I do not know where the numbers have come from in order to solve this problem. The problem that

I am solving is number 25 on pg 12

http://www.jmap.org/JMAP/JMAPArchive...07mathbans.pdf

this is the link thanks

Do you know what a radian is? It's the length of a radius on the circumference.

So in this case, one radian will be equal to 4cm.

So we're figuring out what proportion of the radius 1.38cm makes.

$\theta = \frac{1.38}{4} = 0.345$ .

Does that make sense?