Area of a Circular Segment.ppt

Area of a Circular Segment Objectives: Review Area of Circles Sectors Find the Area of a Circular Segment Area of a Circle Area of a Sector Area of a Segment A segment is the portion of the circle with the radii connected at their endpoints and the central arc. (The crust of the pie slice.) Area of a Segment The segment is the sector minus the triangle. Area of a sector is . The area of the triangle is (since we know two sides and the included angle). Hence the area of a segment is : Example Find the area of a segment of a circle whose diameter is 20 cm and central angle is 29 degrees. Practice #1 Find the area of a circular segment to the nearest tenth, if the central angle is 85 degrees with a radius of 2.1 ft. Practice #2 Find the area of a circular segment to the nearest tenth, if its central angle is 5π/8 with a radius of 6 cm. Practice #3 If the area of a circular segment is 54 ft. squared and contains a central angle of 30 degrees, what is the value of the radius to the nearest tenth? * Anthony E. Davis Summer 2003 radius A sector is a pie-like shape of the circle, where theta is the measure of the central angle. (a percentage of the circle) radius radius radius radius The red piece is the segment.