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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Sector
Give the area of the white region of the above circle if has length
.
If we let be the circumference of the circle, then the length of
is
of the circumference, so
The radius is the circumference divided by :
Use the formula to find the area of the entire circle:
The area of the white region is of that of the circle, or
Example Question #211 : Geometry
The circumference of the above circle is . Give the area of the shaded region.
The radius of a circle is found by dividing the circumference by
:
The area of the entire circle can be found by substituting for in the formula:
.
The area of the shaded sector is
of the total area:
Example Question #211 : Plane Geometry
While visiting a history museum, you see a radar display which consists of a circular screen with a highlighted wedge with an angle of . If the screen has a radius of 4 inches, what is the area of the highlighted wedge?
While visiting a history museum, you see a radar display which consists of a circular screen with a highlighted wedge with an angle of . If the screen has a radius of 4 inches, what is the area of the highlighted wedge?
To begin, let's recall our formula for area of a sector.
Now, we have theta and r, so we just need to plug them in and simplify!
So our answer is
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