Add an algorithm to find length and area of an arc of a circle

Author: prashalruchiranga

Maths/CircularArc.js

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+/**
+ * @function degreesToRadians
+ * @description convert from degrees to radians
+ * @param {Integer} angle in degrees
+ * @return {Integer} degrees * pi / 180
+ * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_(angle)
+ * @example degreesToRadians(45) = 0.7853981633974483
+ */
+ function degreesToRadians(degrees) {
+    return angle = degrees * Math.PI / 180
+}
+
+/**
+ * @function circularArcLength
+ * @description calculate the length of a circular arc
+ * @param {Integer} radius 
+ * @param {Integer} degrees 
+ * @returns {Integer} radius * angle_in _adians
+ * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_arc
+ * @example circularArcLength(3, 45) = 2.356194490192345
+ */
+function circularArcLength(radius, degrees) {
+    return length = radius * degreesToRadians(degrees)
+}
+/**
+ * @function circularArcArea
+ * @description calculate the area of the sector formed by an arc
+ * @param {Integer} radius 
+ * @param {Integer} degrees 
+ * @returns {Integer} 0.5 * r * r * angle_in_radians
+ * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_arc
+ * @example circularArcArea(3,45) = 3.5342917352885173
+ */
+function circularArcArea(radius, degrees) {
+    return area = Math.pow(radius, 2) * degreesToRadians(degrees) / 2
+}
+
+export {
+    circularArcLength,
+    circularArcArea
+}