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Circular Measure
Radian Measure / Arcs & Sectors
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Medium Questions
1 A circle has a radius of 6 cm. A sector of this circle has a perimeter of 2(6 + 5π ) cm. Find
the area of this sector.
(4 marks)
2 The diagram shows the sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius 7 cm.
π
Angle AOB = radians. Find the perimeter of the shaded region.
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(3 marks)
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3 (a)
The diagram shows an isosceles triangle OAB such that OA = OB = 12cm and angle
AOB = θ radians.
Points C and D lie on OA and OB respectively such that CD is an arc of the circle,
centre O , radius 10 cm. The area of the sector OCD = 35cm2 .
(1 mark)
(4 marks)
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(3 marks)
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Hard Questions
1 (a) The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD and an arc AXB of a circle with centre at O , the
midpoint of DC .
The length of BC is 8 cm and the length of DC is 30 cm. Angle AOB is θ radians.
(5 marks)
(2 marks)
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2 (a) In this question all lengths are in centimetres.
The diagram shows a shaded shape. The arc AB is the major arc of a circle, centre O ,
radius 10. The line AB is of length 15, the line OC is of length 25 and the lengths of AC
and BC are equal.
Show that the angle AOB is 1.70 radians correct to 2 decimal places.
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(2 marks)
(4 marks)
(5 marks)
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3 (a) In this question all lengths are in centimetres and all angles are in radians.
The diagram shows the rectangle ADEF , where AF = DE = r . The points B and C lie
on AD such that AB = CD = r . The curve BC is an arc of the circle, centre O , radius r
and has a length of 1 . 5 r .
(5 marks)
(b) Find the area of the shaded region, giving your answer in the form kr 2 , where k is a
constant correct to 2 decimal places.
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(4 marks)
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Very Hard Questions
1 (a) The diagram shows an isosceles triangle OAB such that OA = OB and angle
AOB = θ radians. The points C and D lie on OA and OB respectively. CD is an arc
of length 9.6 cm of the circle, centre O , radius 12 cm. The arc CD touches the line AB
at the point M .
(1 mark)
(4 marks)
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(c) Find the total perimeter of the shaded regions.
(3 marks)
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2 (a) The circles with centres C 1 and C 2 have equal radii of length r cm. The line C 1 C 2 is a
radius of both circles. The two circles intersect at A and B .
Given that the perimeter of the shaded region is 4π cm, find the value of r . [4]
(4 marks)
(4 marks)
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3 (a) In this question all lengths are in centimetres.
The diagram shows the figure ABC . The arc AB is part of a circle, centre O , radius r ,
and is of length 1 . 45 r . The point O lies on the straight line CB such that CO = 0.5 r .
(1 mark)
(b) Find the area of ABC , giving your in the form kr 2 , where k is a constant.
(3 marks)
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(4 marks)
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4 (a) The diagram shows a shape consisting of two circles of radius 3 cm and 4 cm with
centres A and B which are 5 cm apart. The circles intersect at C and D as shown. The
lines AC and BC are tangents to the circles, centres B and A respectively. Find the
angle CAB in radians.
(2 marks)
(4 marks)
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(c) Find the area of the whole shape.
(4 marks)
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