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What is the formula for finding sectors?

 Nov 22, 2016
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Do you want the area of the perimeter?

 

Either way you do not need to remember more formula!

 

Area of a circle is  \(\pi r^2\)

 

If the angle at the of the sector is  \(\theta ^\circ\)

(note this theta is in degrees)

 

then you will have      \(\frac{\theta}{360}\;\; \text {of the circle}\)

 

So the area will be     \(\frac{\theta}{360}\;\;\pi r^2\;\;\;units ^2\)

 

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Similarly the circumferenc of a circle is   2*pi*r

 

So the perimeter of the sector will be 

\(Perimeter=\frac{\theta}{360}\;*2\pi r + \text {the two straight edges}\\ Perimeter=\frac{\theta \pi r}{180}\; + 2r\qquad units\)

 Nov 22, 2016

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