Calculate how many radians a train has turned

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A toy train moves around a circular track of radius $0.80 \text{ m}$. How many radians has the train turned through in moving $2.2 \text{ m}$ along the track?"

I'm not sure how to work out how many radians the train has turned is there a specific equation for this ?

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The given radius $0.80$ metres and the train has turned $2.2m$.

This situation is similar to that of:

Length of arc= $2.2m$ and Radius= $0.80m$.

The angle in radian, length of arc and radius are related as (I think it is known to you):

$\theta=$length of arc/radius.

So angle in radians=$\theta$=$2.2/0.8$=$11/4 radians$