Arc Length and Sector Area
Length of an Arc
• An arc is a section of the circumference of a circle.
• The length of an arc is directly proportional to the ____________________________________________ .
360∘ ⟶
θ∘ ⟶
Length of arc A B =
Area of a Sector
• A sector is a portion of the disc of a circle, enclosed by two radii and an arc.
• The area of a sector is directly proportional to the ____________________________________________ .
360∘ ⟶
θ∘ ⟶
Area of segment OA B =
Example 1: AOB is a sector of a circle with centre O. ∠AOB = 50∘, and OA = OB = 5 cm.
(a) Find the area of the sector AOB.
(b) Find the length of the arc A B.
(c) Find the perimeter of the sector AOB.
5 cm
5 cm
Area of a Triangle
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Area of ΔA BC = × base × height
2
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Example 2: In ΔA BC, ∠ACB = 110∘, AC = 7.3 cm, and BC = 11.5 cm.
Find the area of ΔA BC.
Example 3: In the circle with centre O, the radius is 10 cm and ∠BOA = 100∘.
Find the area of the shaded region.
Exercise 1
1. In the given figure, find the length of the arc AB.
2. In the given figure, find the angle marked x.
3. In the given figure,
(a) Find the radius r.
(b) Find the perimeter of segment AOB.
4. In the given figure, find the area of sector AOB.
5. In the given figure, find the angle marked x.
6. In the given figure, find the radius r.
7*. In the given figure, find
(a) the perimeter of the shape ABCD, to 3 s.f.
(b) the area of the shape ABCD, to 3 significant figures.
8. In the given figure, find the area of the shaded segment.
9*.
Circle O, P, and Q, each having radius of 1 cm, are placed touching each other as shown in the figure.
Segment BC is tangent to circle O at B, and tangent to circle P at C.
Segment AF is tangent to circle O at A, and tangent to circle Q at F.
Segment DE is tangent to circle P at D, and tangent to circle Q at E.
(a) Find the length of ABCDEF to 3 significant figures.
(b) Find the area of the shaded region to 3 significant figures.
