A chord separates the circumference of a circle into two sections - the major arc and the minor arc. It also separates the area into two segments - the major segment and the minor segment.

The circumference of a circle = \(\pi d\) or \(2\pi r\). Look at the sector of the circle shown below. To calculate the length of the arc, we need to know what fraction of the circle is shown.

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