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Lecture - Sector and Segment of A Circle

A sector of a circle is the region between an arc and the radii connecting the arc's endpoints. The area of a sector is found by taking the ratio of the arc's measure to 360 degrees and multiplying it by the area of the full circle. A segment of a circle is the region between an arc and the chord connecting the arc's endpoints. To find the area of a segment, subtract the area of the triangle formed by the chord and arc from the area of the sector formed by the same arc and radii. The length of an arc can be found using the proportion relating the arc's degree measure, the radius, and the circumference of a full circle.

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Lecture - Sector and Segment of A Circle

A sector of a circle is the region between an arc and the radii connecting the arc's endpoints. The area of a sector is found by taking the ratio of the arc's measure to 360 degrees and multiplying it by the area of the full circle. A segment of a circle is the region between an arc and the chord connecting the arc's endpoints. To find the area of a segment, subtract the area of the triangle formed by the chord and arc from the area of the sector formed by the same arc and radii. The length of an arc can be found using the proportion relating the arc's degree measure, the radius, and the circumference of a full circle.

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Sector and Segment of a Circle

A sector of a circle is the region bounded by an arc of the circle and the two radii to the endpoints of the arc. To find
measure of the arc
the area of a sector of a circle, get the product of the ratio and the area of the circle.
360

Example: The radius of circle C is 10 cm. If m AB = 60, what is the area of the sector ABC?

Solutions: A
a. Determine the ratio.

C B
10 cm

b. Find the area (A) of the circle using the equation A=π r 2 , where r is the length of the radius.

measure of the arc


c. Get the product of the ratio and the area of the circle.
360

A segment of a circle is the region bounded by an arc and the segment joining its endpoints.

The shaded region in the figure below is a segment of circle T. It is the region bounded by PQ and
PQ.
P

To find the area of the shaded segment in the figure, subtract


the area of the of the triangle PTQ from the area of sector PTQ.
Q
T

Example: If mPQ = 90 and the radius of the circle is 5 cm, find the area of the segment of a circle.
Arc Length
A l
The length of an arc can be determined by using the proportion = , where A is the degree measure of the
360 2 πr

arc, r is the radius of the circle, l is the arc length. In the given proportion, 360 is the degree measure of the whole circle,
while 2 πr is the circumference.

Example: An arc of a circle measures 45°. If the radius of the circle is 6 cm, what is the length of the arc?

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