Question

Given a circle with an 8" radius, find the area of the smaller segment whose chord is 8" long

Answer 1

Would it be possible to take a picture?

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

That's the only information I was given.

Answer 4

nope

Answer 5

here is a page that shows what a segment of a circle looks like

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/circle-sector-segment.html

Answer 6

so effectively you have this going on

Answer 7

and you want the area of this region here