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Postby judexasd on Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:57 am

a highway curve is to be laid out on a circle.what should be the radius of the curve if there is to be a change of direction of 18degree in a distance of 180 meters?
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Re: highway curve is to be laid out on circle. find radius i  TOPIC_SOLVED

Postby nona.m.nona on Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:30 pm

judexasd wrote:a highway curve is to be laid out on a circle.what should be the radius of the curve if there is to be a change of direction of 18degree in a distance of 180 meters?

How far have you gotten in applying to this exercise the arc-length formula they gave you?

Please be complete. Thank you.
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