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Example Question #7 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
The arc-length for the shaded sector is . What is the value of , rounded to the nearest hundredth?
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Remember that the angle for a sector or arc is found as a percentage of the total degrees of the circle. The proportion of to is the same as to the total circumference of the circle.
The circumference of a circle is found by:
For our data, this means:
Now we can solve for using the proportions:
Cross multiply:
Divide both sides by :
Therefore, is ˚.
Example Question #8 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
The area of the shaded sector in circle O is . What is the angle measure , rounded to the nearest hundredth?
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Remember that the angle for a sector or arc is found as a percentage of the total degrees of the circle. The proportion of to is the same as to the total area of the circle.
The area of a circle is found by:
For our data, this means:
Now we can solve for using the proportions:
Cross multiply:
Divide both sides by :
Therefore, is ˚.
Example Question #9 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
The area of the shaded sector in circle O is . What is the angle measure ?
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Remember that the angle for a sector or arc is found as a percentage of the total degrees of the circle. The proportion of to is the same as to the total area of the circle.
The area of a circle is found by:
For our data, this means:
Now we can solve for using the proportions:
Cross multiply:
Divide both sides by :
Therefore, is ˚.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
Refer to the above figure, Which is the greater quantity?
(a) The area of
(b) The area of the orange semicircle
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(a) is the greater quantity
(b) is the greater quantity
has angles of degree measure 30 and 60; the third angle must measure 90 degrees, making a right triangle.
For the sake of simplicity, let ; the reasoning is independent of the actual length. The smaller leg of a 30-60-90 triangle has length equal to times that of the longer leg; this is about
The area of a right triangle is half the product of its legs, so
Also, if , then the orange semicircle has diameter 1 and radius . Its area can be found by substituting in the formula:
The orange semicircle has a greater area than
Example Question #191 : Plane Geometry
In the above figure, is a diameter of the circle.
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
That is a diameter of the circle is actually irrelevant to the problem. Two inscribed angles of a circle that both intercept the same arc, as and both do here, have the same measure.
Example Question #62 : Circles
is inscribed in a circle. is a semicircle. .
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) is the greater quantity
The figure referenced is below:
is a semicircle, so is one as well; as a semicircle, its measure is . The inscribed angle that intercepts this semicircle, , is a right angle, of measure . , and the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle is , so
has greater measure than , so the minor arc intercepted by , which is , has greater measure than that intercepted by , which is . It follows that the major arc corresponding to the latter, which is , has greater measure than that corresponding to the former, which is .
Example Question #191 : Geometry
In the above figure, is the center of the circle, and . Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(a) is the greater quantity
Construct . The new figure is below:
, so . It follows that their respective central angles have measures
and
.
Also, since and - being a semicircle - by the Arc Addition Principle, . , an inscribed angle which intercepts this arc, has half this measure, which is . The other angle of , which is , also measures , so is equilateral.
, since all radii are congruent;
by reflexivity;
By the Side-Angle-Side Inequality Theorem (or Hinge Theorem), it follows that . Since is equilateral, , and since all radii are congruent, . Substituting, it follows that .
Example Question #11 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
Trapezoid is inscribed in a circle, with a diameter.
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
Below is the inscribed trapezoid referenced, along with its diagonals.
, so, by the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem,
, and their intercepted angles are also congruent - that is,
By the Arc Addition Principle,
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Example Question #11 : How To Find The Angle Of A Sector
In the above figure, is a diameter of the circle. Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
(a) and (b) are equal
Both and are inscribed angles of the same circle which intercept the same arc; they are therefore of the same measure. The fact that is a diameter of the circle is actually irrelevant to the problem.
Example Question #66 : Circles
Figure NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above diagram. is the arithmetic mean of and .
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
(a) and (b) are equal
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) is the greater quantity
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(a) and (b) are equal
is the arithmetic mean of and , so
By arc addition, this becomes
Also, , or, equivalently,
, so
Solving for :
Also,
If two tangents are drawn to a circle, the measure of the angle they form is half the difference of the measures of the arcs they intercept, so