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Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Sector
In the figure, PQ is the arc of a circle with center O. If the area of the sector is what is the perimeter of sector?
First, we figure out what fraction of the circle is contained in sector OPQ: , so the total area of the circle is .
Using the formula for the area of a circle, , we can see that .
We can use this to solve for the circumference of the circle, , or .
Now, OP and OQ are both equal to r, and PQ is equal to of the circumference of the circle, or .
To get the perimeter, we add OP + OQ + PQ, which give us .
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of An Arc
If a quarter of the area of a circle is , then what is a quarter of the circumference of the circle?
If a quarter of the area of a circle is , then the area of the whole circle is . This means that the radius of the circle is 6. The diameter is 12. Thus, the circumference of the circle is . One fourth of the circumference is .
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of An Arc
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In the figure above, circle C has a radius of 18, and the measure of angle ACB is equal to 100°. What is the perimeter of the red shaded region?
36 + 10π
18 + 36π
36 + 20π
36 + 36π
18 + 10π
36 + 10π
The perimeter of any region is the total distance around its boundaries. The perimeter of the shaded region consists of the two straight line segments, AC and BC, as well as the arc AB. In order to find the perimeter of the whole region, we must add the lengths of AC, BC, and the arc AB.
The lengths of AC and BC are both going to be equal to the length of the radius, which is 18. Thus, the perimeter of AC and BC together is 36.
Lastly, we must find the length of arc AB and add it to 36 to get the whole perimeter of the region.
Angle ACB is a central angle, and it intercepts arc AB. The length of AB is going to equal a certain portion of the circumference. This portion will be equal to the ratio of the measure of angle ACB to the measure of the total degrees in the circle. There are 360 degrees in any circle. The ratio of the angle ACB to 360 degrees will be 100/360 = 5/18. Thus, the length of the arc AB will be 5/18 of the circumference of the circle, which equals 2πr, according to the formula for circumference.
length of arc AB = (5/18)(2πr) = (5/18)(2π(18)) = 10π.
Thus, the length of arc AB is 10π.
The total length of the perimeter is thus 36 + 10π.
The answer is 36 + 10π.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Length Of An Arc
Find the arc length of a sector that has an angle of 120 degrees and radius of 3.
The equation for the arc length of a sector is .
Substitute the given radius for and the given angle for to get the following equation:
Simplify:
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Length Of An Arc
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of An Arc
Find the circumference of the following sector:
The formula for the circumference of a sector is
,
where is the radius of the sector and is the fraction of the sector.
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of An Arc
In the circle above, the angle A in radians is
What is the length of arc A?
Circumference of a Circle =
Arc Length
Example Question #171 : High School Math
We can solve for the angle, , by using the below relationship.
In the figure, intercepted arc is given.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
A pie has a diameter of 12". A piece is cut out, having a surface area of 4.5π. What is the angle of the cut?
25°
45°
90°
4.5°
12.5°
45°
This is simply a matter of percentages. We first have to figure out what percentage of the surface area is represented by 4.5π. To do that, we must calculate the total surface area. If the diameter is 12, the radius is 6. Don't be tricked by this!
A = π * 6 * 6 = 36π
Now, 4.5π is 4.5π/36π percentage or 0.125 (= 12.5%)
To figure out the angle, we must take that percentage of 360°:
0.125 * 360 = 45°
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
Eric is riding a Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel has 18 compartments, numbered in order clockwise. If compartment 1 is at 0 degrees and Eric enters compartment 13, what angle is he at?
260
240
180
280
300
240
12 compartments further means 240 more degrees. 240 is the answer.
360/12 = 240 degrees