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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A segment of a circle has a 120degree arc and a chord of 8√3in. Find the area of the segment.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (yrelhan4):

didnt you ask a similar question the other day?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well, kinnda

OpenStudy (yrelhan4):

Yeah i remember. Did you understand that one?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes but this one seems a little weird to me

OpenStudy (yrelhan4):

Draw the figure first.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

am I right?

OpenStudy (yrelhan4):

Not really. Only the chord is given to be 8sqrt3, not the radius.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1363898677673:dw|

OpenStudy (yrelhan4):

|dw:1363898700784:dw| I drew a perpendicular bisector from the point to divide the chord into two equal halves. And the the the two angles are 60degress each. Right?

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