A satellite sends signals from space to the regions that lie within the shaded portion of the Earth, as shown below.

If the radius of Earth is approximately 6000 kilometers, the part of earth that receives signals from the satellite has an area of _____ square kilometers. Use 3.14 for pie

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A satellite sends signals from space to the regions that lie within the shaded portion of the Earth, as shown below.

If the radius of Earth is approximately 6000 kilometers, the part of earth that receives signals from the satellite has an area of _____ square kilometers. Use 3.14 for pie

anonymous · Answer

Here is the problem

anonymous · Answer

the area of the shaded region is 18849556 km^2(approx)

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how did you solve this?

anonymous · Answer

$$area of sector = \theta/360*\pi*r^2$$