Difference between revisions of "Sector"

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$[asy]size(150); real angle1=30, angle2=100; pair O=origin, A=dir(angle2), B=dir(angle1); path sector=O--B--arc(O,1,angle1,angle2)--A--cycle; fill(sector,gray(0.9)); D(unitcircle); D(A--O--B); MP("O",D(O),SSW); MP("A",D(A),NNW); MP("B",D(B),NE); MP("\theta",(0.075,0.075),N);[/asy]$

A sector of a circle $O$ is a region bounded by two radii of the circle, $OA$ and $OB$ , and the arc $AB$ .

Area

The area of a sector is found by multiplying the area of circle $O$ by $\frac{\theta}{2\pi}$ , where $\theta$ is the central angle in radians.

Therefore, the area of a sector is $\frac{r^2\theta}{2}$ , where $r$ is the radius and $\theta$ is the central angle in radians.

Alternatively, if $\theta$ is in degrees, the area is $\frac{\pi r^2\theta}{360^{\circ}}$ .

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 == Area ==
-The [[area]] of a sector <math>AOB</math> is found by [[multiply]]ing the area of circle <math>O</math> by <math>\frac{\theta}{2\pi}</math>, where <math>\theta</math> is the [[central angle]], <math>\angle AOB</math>, in radians.
+The [[area]] of a sector is found by [[multiply]]ing the area of circle <math>O</math> by <math>\frac{\theta}{2\pi}</math>, where <math>\theta</math> is the [[central angle]] in radians.
-Therefore, the area of a sector <math>AOB</math> is <math>\frac{r^2\theta}{2}</math>, where <math>r</math> is the radius and <math>\theta=\angle AOB</math> is in radians.
+Therefore, the area of a sector is <math>\frac{r^2\theta}{2}</math>, where <math>r</math> is the radius and <math>\theta</math> is the central angle in radians.
 Alternatively, if <math>\theta</math> is in degrees, the area is <math>\frac{\pi r^2\theta}{360^{\circ}}</math>.

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Difference between revisions of "Sector"

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Area