A central angle has its vertex at the circle’s center and picks out an arc. For a ratio of central angles, an arc takes the same share of the circumference as its angle takes of the full turn. Add all ratio parts to find the whole, then use Desmos for the fraction and multiplication. Dividing by another single part compares two sectors, not a sector with the circle.
Hints
- Hint 1
An arc is a piece of the circle’s curved edge. Arc belongs to the sector between and . Which of the three angles in the ratio lies between those rays?
- Hint 2
A ratio such as counts parts, not fractions of the whole. Add all three numbers to count every part, then put the number of parts for over that total.
- Hint 3
An arc gets the same fraction of the circumference, the length around the circle, as its central angle gets of a full turn. Multiply your fraction by the given circumference, keeping attached.
Step-by-step
Find the arc’s fraction of the circumference
Step 1Match arc to its ratio part
Arc borders the sector with , the second angle in , so it gets ratio parts. The three sectors fill the circle, so the whole is all the ratio parts added together. Its fraction of the circle is . Using would compare this angle with the third angle, not with the whole circle.
- Step 2
Find the fraction in Desmos
Type in Desmos, then type on its own line. Desmos shows under PARAMETERS, and the line shows ; click the fraction button on that line to see . So the angle for arc takes one-third of the full turn. Its arc takes the same fraction of the circumference.
- Step 3
Take that fraction of the circumference
The circumference is . Add in Desmos to multiply its coefficient by the arc’s fraction. Desmos shows . Keep the from the circumference, so the length of arc is . Choice B.