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Area Of Sectors Help please.

I know you do the angle divided by 360 then multiply by pir^2 like this http://prntscr.com/b976e6

but then why don't we do the same on this one

http://prntscr.com/b9771m

on that, we do the angle divided by 360 just like the first one but we don't multiply by pir^2 instead they multiply 2(pi)(12)

Help would be much-appreciated thanks.
Reply 1
Original post by junayd1998
I know you do the angle divided by 360 then multiply by pir^2 like this http://prntscr.com/b976e6

but then why don't we do the same on this one

http://prntscr.com/b9771m

on that, we do the angle divided by 360 just like the first one but we don't multiply by pir^2 instead they multiply 2(pi)(12)

Help would be much-appreciated thanks.


Do you understand the difference between length and area? Read the question again.
Reply 2
Original post by Zacken
Do you understand the difference between length and area? Read the question again.


Oh **** im so clueless, my bad how do you find the length then? Area not a problem.
Reply 3
Original post by junayd1998
Oh **** im so clueless, my bad how do you find the length then? Area not a problem.


(Angle / 360) * circumference of whole circle.
Original post by junayd1998
Oh **** im so clueless, my bad how do you find the length then? Area not a problem.

You find the length of an arc by multiplying the radius by theta (angle)
Reply 5
Original post by Zacken
(Angle / 360) * circumference of whole circle.


Thank you.
Original post by junayd1998
Thank you.


there r two formulas
1. area of a sector: angle/360 x pie x
2.arc length:angle/360 x 2 x pie x r
u just have to know the right place to use them!!!!:wink:
Reply 7
Original post by shahida sulaiman
there r two formulas
1. area of a sector: angle/360 x pie x
2.arc length:angle/360 x 2 x pie x r
u just have to know the right place to use them!!!!:wink:


Yeah, thanks!
Original post by junayd1998
Yeah, thanks!


ur welcome ^^

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