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[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, measuring the arc of the curved width using the width and sagitta is a little tricky, too, but totally doable with trig.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagitta_%28geometry%29?wprov=sfla1

The wiki main image suggests to me, a mere math casual, that you might even need one more piece of information than just s and l?