Points A and B lie on a circle with radius 1, and arc has length
. What fraction of the circumference of the circle is the length of arc
?
The correct answer is . The circumference, C, of a circle is
, where r is the length of the radius of the circle. For the given circle with a radius of 1, the circumference is
, or
. To find what fraction of the circumference the length of arc
is, divide the length of the arc by the circumference, which gives
. This division can be represented by
. Note that 1/6, .1666, .1667, 0.166, and 0.167 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.