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  2. Goat grazing problem - Wikipedia

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    The arc length of an involute is given by so the arc length |FG| of the involute in the fourth quadrant is []. Let c be the length of an arc segment of the involute between the y -axis and a vertical line tangent to the silo at θ = 3 π /2; it is the arc subtended by Φ .

  3. Arc length - Wikipedia

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    Arc length is the distance between two points along a section of a curve. Development of a formulation of arc length suitable for applications to mathematics and the ...

  4. Circular arc - Wikipedia

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    A circular sector is shaded in green. Its curved boundary of length L is a circular arc. A circular arc is the arc of a circle between a pair of distinct points.If the two points are not directly opposite each other, one of these arcs, the minor arc, subtends an angle at the center of the circle that is less than π radians (180 degrees); and the other arc, the major arc, subtends an angle ...

  5. Central angle - Wikipedia

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    The arc length spanned by a central angle on a sphere is called spherical distance. The size of a central angle Θ is 0° < Θ < 360° or 0 < Θ < 2π (radians). When defining or drawing a central angle, in addition to specifying the points A and B , one must specify whether the angle being defined is the convex angle (<180°) or the reflex ...

  6. Degree of curvature - Wikipedia

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    Where degree of curvature is based on 100 units of arc length, the conversion between degree of curvature and radius is Dr = 18000/π ≈ 5729.57795, where D is degree and r is radius. Since rail routes have very large radii, they are laid out in chords, as the difference to the arc is inconsequential; this made work easier before electronic ...

  7. Sagitta (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, the sagitta (sometimes abbreviated as sag [1]) of a circular arc is the distance from the midpoint of the arc to the midpoint of its chord. [2] It is used extensively in architecture when calculating the arc necessary to span a certain height and distance and also in optics where it is used to find the depth of a spherical mirror ...

  8. Tractrix - Wikipedia

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    The arc length of one branch between x = x 1 and x = x 2 is a ln ⁠ y 1 / y 2 ⁠. The area between the tractrix and its asymptote is ⁠ π a 2 / 2 ⁠ , which can be found using integration or Mamikon's theorem .

  9. Whewell equation - Wikipedia

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    Important quantities in the Whewell equation. The Whewell equation of a plane curve is an equation that relates the tangential angle (φ) with arc length (s), where the tangential angle is the angle between the tangent to the curve at some point and the x-axis, and the arc length is the distance along the curve from a fixed point.