MEDAL FOR BEST ANSWER Find the area of a sector with a central angle of 110° and a diameter of 5.2 cm. Round to the nearest tenth.
radius = 2.6 cm. central angle = 110 which is 0.3055555556 of a circle (110/360) so sector area = PI*r² * (110/360)
where does the Pl come from and the radi is half of 5.2 right?
yes radius = 1/2 diameter
Are you familiar with PI at all?
no... teach didnt teach that
PI is involved with all kinds of formulas dealing with circles and spheres. For example if a circle has a diameter of 10, what is the circumference?
PI = 3.14159265
oooh pi i thought that was some technicality derp...
so circumference = PI * diameter = 2 * radius * PI
so i got 2.4958 but thats not one my answer choices
the answer should be 6.5
So I guess you are talking about PI * r² for the sector, right?
i think so
So, can you calculate PI*r² * (110/360)?
oh i got it ! I made an error. Forgot to square the radi
Okay then you've got it.
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