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Circle Chord Length by Angle and Radius

A circle chord is a line segment whose endpoints lie on the circle.

Chord length equals twice the radius times the sine of half the angle covered by the chord.

Formula

QuantityVariable["a", "Length"] == 2*QuantityVariable["R", "Radius"]*Sin[QuantityVariable["θ", "Angle"]/2]

Forms

Examples

Get the resource:

In[1]:=
ResourceObject["Circle Chord Length by Angle and Radius"]
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Get the formula:

In[2]:=
FormulaData[ResourceObject["Circle Chord Length by Angle and Radius"]]
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Use some values:

In[3]:=
FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Circle Chord Length by Angle and Radius"], {QuantityVariable[
   "\[Theta]","Angle"] -> 1.287`}]
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