A pendulum of length 4.3 centimeters swings through an arc of 25 degrees how far does the tip of the pendulum travel to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?
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You can interpret the length of the pendulum as the radius of a circle.
The arc also tells you what portion of the circumference the pendulum travels.
That should give you a couple things that are pretty straightforward to calculate. I get 2*pi*4.3*(25/360).
The arc also tells you what portion of the circumference the pendulum travels.
That should give you a couple things that are pretty straightforward to calculate. I get 2*pi*4.3*(25/360).
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Distance traveled=(4.3*pi)*(25/180) = 1.876 or cm or 1.88 cm along the arc of a circle with radius 4.3 cm.