A circle has circumference cm. What is the area of a sector of this circle with angle ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A.
- Step 1: , so cm and the circle has area .
- Step 2: The sector is of the circle.
- Step 3: Area .
Answer
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Why not the others: : is the area of the whole circle. : takes of the circle, doubling the angle. : uses the arc length as the area.
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