Answer to Question #113091 in Geometry for av

Question

This is the first year Jenna is playing softball. She has been practicing her batting. On her last swing, the bat made an arc with a radius of 48 inches and swept through 255 degree of a rotation. Assuming the arc is circular, what is the distance the tip of the bat travels to the nearest inch?
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Answer 1

$L=\pi r \frac{\alpha}{180^{\circ}}$

$r=48 in$ , $\alpha=255^{\circ}$

Then

$L=\pi 48\frac{255^{\circ}}{180^{\circ}}=68\pi in.$