Question

a segment of a circle has a 120 degree arc and a chord of 8 to the square root of 3 inches. find the area of the segment.

Answer 1

what does "8 to the square root of 3" mean?

Answer 2

\[8^{(\sqrt 3)}\] ??

Answer 3

\[8\sqrt{3}\] this is what it looks like in the problem

Answer 4

thats: 8 square roots of 3 then, no "to" required

Answer 5

terminology ... what is a segment?

Answer 6

the part of a figure cut off by a line

Answer 7

so instead of a slice of pizza, its just the crust right?

Answer 8

yes, basically

Answer 9

ok, i get those mixed up alot.

so we want the area of the slice, minus the area of the triangle ..

any ideas?