Areas of Sector and Segment of a Circle

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Areas of Sector and Segment of a Circle: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Relation between Areas of Major and Minor Segments of a Circle, Areas Related to Circles, Area of a Segment of a Circle & Relation between Areas of Sector and Segment of a Circle etc.

Important Questions on Areas of Sector and Segment of a Circle

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A hand fan is made up of cloth fixed in between the metallic wires. It is in the shape of a sector of a circle of radius 21 cm and an angle of 120° as shown in the figure. Calculate the area of the cloth used and also find the total length of metallic wire required to make such a fan.

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In the figure, OAPB is a quadrant of a circle and OAP is a sector. If AOP= 30° and the area of shaded region is 462 cm2, then find the length of the arc PB

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Find the area of the shaded portion.

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Find the measure of the central angle in degrees. (Enter the value to the nearest integer).

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Sneha had a rectangular tablecloth with one side measuring 30 cm which she wanted to keep on her circular table of radius 25 cm. After keeping it on the table, she realised that the corners of the tablecloth just touched the edge of the circular table as shown in the figure.

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Find the area of the table not covered by the tablecloth. 

(Note: Use π = 3.14.)

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Shown below are two paths from Madrid to New York. The dotted line is the shortest distance, approximately 600 km, on a 2D map. The other solid circular arc is the shortest distance on a 3D globe and the actual path taken by a flight. The arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre of the circular arc.

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What is the actual distance covered by the flight? (Take π=3.14, if needed.)

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In the figure below, a circle with centre O is inscribed in an equilateral triangle XYZ. The area of the shaded region of the circle is 2π cm2.

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What is the radius of the circle? Show your steps and give valid reasons.

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A 3.5 cm chord subtends an angle of 60° at the centre of a circle. What is the arc length of the minor sector? Draw a rough figure and show your steps.

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If SQ=QR=RS=SP=PQ, PR=21 units, what is the area of the black portion.

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Earth is excavated to make a railway tunnel. The tunnel is a cylinder of radius 7 m and length 450 m. A level surface is laid inside the tunnel to carry the railway lines. Figure given below shows the circular cross-section of the tunnel. The level surface is represented by AB, the centre of the circle is O and AOB=90°. The space below AB is filled with rubble (debris from the demolition building). A coating is to be done on the surface of the inner curved part. If the area of tunnel to be coated is a m2, then find the value of a. [Assume π=227]

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Earth is excavated to make a railway tunnel. The tunnel is a cylinder of radius 7 m and length 450 m. A level surface is laid inside the tunnel to carry the railway lines. Figure given below shows the circular cross-section of the tunnel. The level surface is represented by AB, the centre of the circle is O and AOB=90°. The space below AB is filled with rubble (debris from the demolition building). If the volume of earth removed to make the tunnel is V m3, then find the value of V. [Assume π=227]

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Semicircle is a sector or segment. Give reason to your answer.

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Belgium is famous for its French fries, which are often served in cones made from newspaper. Rene makes a paper cone from a semicircle cut from a page of his local newspaper. The page measures 410 mm by 315 mm.

The circumference of the semi-circle can also be calculated using which of the following formula?

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Belgium is famous for its French fries, which are often served in cones made from newspaper. Rene makes a paper cone from a semicircle cut from a page of his local newspaper. The page measures 410 mm by 315 mm.

Find the area of the largest cone (to nearest whole number) Rene can make from a page of this newspaper. [Assume π=227]

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Raju and his 3 friends ordered a pizza one night.

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Now, the shop from where they bought this, did not cut it into equal pieces. Raju tried to divide it, but the pieces were not equal.  

As a fun game, he decided to measure the central angles formed and draw the pizza on a piece of paper.

He found that the radius of the pizza is 8 cm. The drawing of the pizza came out something like this:

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The area of minor sector HK, correct up to 1 decimal place, assuming π=227 is

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Raju and his 3 friends ordered a pizza one night.

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Now, the shop from where they bought this, did not cut it into equal pieces. Raju tried to divide it, but the pieces were not equal.  

As a fun game, he decided to measure the central angles formed and draw the pizza on a piece of paper.

He found that the radius of the pizza is 8 cm. The drawing of the pizza came out something like this:

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Find the perimeter of minor sector KJ, correct up to 1 decimal place. [Assume π=227]

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Raju and his 3 friends ordered a pizza one night.

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Now, the shop from where they bought this, did not cut it into equal pieces. Raju tried to divide it, but the pieces were not equal.  

As a fun game, he decided to measure the central angles formed and draw the pizza on a piece of paper.

He found that the radius of the pizza is 8 cm. The drawing of the pizza came out something like this:

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The perimeter of minor sector HI, [assuming π=227] is

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Raju and his 3 friends ordered a pizza one night.

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Now, the shop from where they bought this, did not cut it into equal pieces. Raju tried to divide it, but the pieces were not equal.  

As a fun game, he decided to measure the central angles formed and draw the pizza on a piece of paper.

He found that the radius of the pizza is 8 cm. The drawing of the pizza came out something like this:

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The length of minor arc HI [to the nearest whole number, assuming π=227] will be

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The area of the minor segment of a circle is 41 square units and the area of major segment of a circle is 57 square units. Find the area of the circle

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The area of the minor segment of a circle is 30 square units and the area of major segment of a circle is 57 square units. Find the area of the circle