Question

How do you find the area of the shaded sector of the circle? The radius is 10in and the sector is 45 degrees

Answer 1

Given:

Radius of the circle = 10 in

Central angle of the sector = 45 degrees

To find:

The area of the sector.

Solution:

Area of a sector is

$A=\dfrac{\theta}{360^\circ}\pi r^2$

Where, $\theta$ is the central angle in degrees.

Putting r=10 and $\theta=45^\circ$, we get

$A=\dfrac{45^\circ}{360^\circ}\pi (10)^2$

$A=\dfrac{1}{8}\pi (100)$

$A=12.5\pi$

Therefore, the area of the sector is 12.5π sq. inches.