Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 18E
How long a piece of wire would you need to form a circular are subtending an angle of 1.4 rad, if the radius of the are is 8.1 cm?
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