Find the area of a segment formed by a chord 8" long in a circle with radius of 8".

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anonymous · Answer

this really is a hard one

amistre64 · Answer

what do you get when you draw it out?

anonymous · Answer

there is no drawing

anonymous · Answer

i have three answers in front of me

amistre64 · Answer

then you should prolly take that information that is given and draw something out to work with ....

anonymous · Answer

do want to see them

amistre64 · Answer

im sure we can get to one of the answers if we had a picture we could play around with

anonymous · Answer

ok 
thanks anyway

amistre64 · Answer

so are you looking for someone to give you an answer?  or do you want a way to find the answer?

anonymous · Answer

a way would be good

amistre64 · Answer

well, i do now a way :)

the area we want seems to me to be shaped like a slice of pizza; but with the pointy part cut off

amistre64 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

yep

amistre64 · Answer

if we find the area of the section; and subtract the area of the triangle; whats left should be our answer

amistre64 · Answer

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