Question

What is the area of the given sector

Answer 1

Assuming the shape is a piece of a circle, you can determine the ratio of the shape to a full circle. A full circle will have 360 degree but this shape is only 40 degree. Then the ratio would be: 40/360= 1/9 full circle.

Then, using the circle area formula, the area of the 1/9 circle would be: 
full circle area= pi * r^2
full circle area= 22/7 * 6^2
full circle area= 792/7
1/9 full circle area= 792/7*9= 88/7 = 12.57