1. ## Finding Theta

I'm trying to find an awser for theta.

r= 6meters, s= 8meters, theta=?

How do I find what theta would be?

Also...is there a certain number that theta stand for?

2. what is r and what is s? i mean, are they part of something?

3. r is the rdius of a circle and s is the length of the arc subtended by the angle theta.

4. Originally Posted by christenc05
I'm trying to find an awser for theta.

r= 6meters, s= 8meters, theta=?

How do I find what theta would be?

Also...is there a certain number that theta stand for?
This is trig, so I can bet that r and s are legs of a triangle. However, which legs are they? Also, which angle is theta? You need to paint a better picture for us to help you?

5. Originally Posted by christenc05
r is the radius of a circle and s is the length of the arc subtended by the angle theta.
And I thought it was a triangle...

$s=r \theta$

Theta is the angle in radians.

6. This is all the information that I am given. I hagve to find what theta equals when I am given the radius and the length. Is there some type of formula to go by?

7. Originally Posted by christenc05
This is all the information that I am given. I hagve to find what theta equals when I am given the radius and the length. Is there some type of formula to go by?
Did you read my last post at all?

$s=r\theta$

$\theta = \frac{s}{r}$, where s is arc length and r is radius