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Example Question #1 : Central Angles And Arcs

Sector

Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.

Refer to the above diagram.

The length of arc $\widehat{MN}$ is $12 \pi$ .

The length of arc $\widehat{MYN}$ is $18 \pi$ .

What is the area of the white sector?

Possible Answers:

$540 \pi$

$135 \pi$

$360 \pi$

$90 \pi$

Correct answer:

$135 \pi$

Explanation:

The circumference of the circle is the sum of the lengths of the arcs, which is

$C = 12 \pi + 18 \pi = 30 \pi$ .

The white sector has degree measure

$\frac{ 18 \pi }{ 30 \pi} \times 360 ^{\circ} = 216 ^{\circ}$ .

The radius of the circle can be found using the circumference formula, setting $C = 30 \pi$ :

$C = 2 \pi r$

$30 \pi = 2 \pi r$

$r = 30 \pi \div 2 \pi$

r = 15

The area of the white sector is therefore

$A = \frac{216}{360 } \cdot \pi r^{2} = 0.60 \cdot \pi \cdot 15^{2} = 225 \cdot 0.60 \cdot \pi = 135 \pi$ .

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Example Question #2 : Central Angles And Arcs

Sector

Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.

Refer to the above diagram.

The area of the shaded sector is $24 \pi$ . The area of the white sector is $40 \pi$ .

What is the length of arc $\widehat{MN}$ ?

Possible Answers:

$4 \pi$

$8 \pi$

$10 \pi$

$6 \pi$

Correct answer:

$6 \pi$

Explanation:

The area of the circle is the sum of the areas of the sectors, which is

$A = 24 \pi + 40 \pi = 64 \pi$ .

The degree measure of the arc of the shaded sector is

$\frac{24 \pi}{64 \pi} \times 360 ^{\circ } = 135 ^{\circ }$ .

The radius can be found by solving for and substituting $A = 64 \pi$ in the area formula:

$A = \pi r^{2}$

$64 \pi = \pi r^{2}$

$r^{2} = 64$

r = 8

The length of arc $\widehat{MN}$ is

$\frac{135}{360} \cdot 2 \pi r = \frac{135}{360} \cdot 2 \cdot 8 \pi = 6\pi$ .

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Example Question #3 : Central Angles And Arcs

Circle

What percent of the above circle has not been shaded in?

Possible Answers:

$77\frac{7}{9 } \%$

$80 \%$

$75 \%$

$87\frac{1}{2} \%$

Correct answer:

$77\frac{7}{9 } \%$

Explanation:

There are a total of 360 degrees to a complete circle. The shaded sector has degree measure $80^{\circ }$ , so the unshaded sector has degree measure

$360 ^{\circ }- 80^{\circ }= 2 80^{\circ }$

Also, a sector of $N^{\circ }$ is $\frac{N}{360} \times 100 \%$ of the circle, so, setting N = 280 , we find that the unshaded sector is

$\frac{280}{360} \times 100 \%$

$= \frac{28,000}{360} \%$

of the circle. This reduces to

$\frac{28,000\div 40 }{360 \div 40 } \%$

$=\frac{700 }{9 } \%$

$=77\frac{7}{9 } \%$ ,

the correct percentage.

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Example Question #1 : Central Angles And Arcs

Circle

What percent of the above circle has been shaded?

Possible Answers:

$69\frac{4}{9} \%$

$58\frac{1}{3} \%$

$66\frac{2}{3} \%$

$61\frac{1}{9} \%$

Correct answer:

$61\frac{1}{9} \%$

Explanation:

There are a total of $360^{\circ }$ in a circle. The unshaded portion of the circle represents a $140^{\circ }$ sector, so the shaded portion represents a sector of measure

$360^{\circ } - 140^{\circ } = 220 ^{\circ }$ .

This sector represents

$\frac{ 220 ^{\circ }}{360^{\circ } } \times 100 \%$

$= \frac{ 22000}{360 } \%$

$= \frac{ 22000 \div 40 }{360 \div 40 } \%$

$= \frac{ 550 }{9 } \%$

$= 61\frac{1}{9} \%$

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Example Question #171 : Geometry And Graphs

What percentage of a circle is covered by a sector with a central angle of $240^{\circ}$ ?

Possible Answers:

Not enough information to determine.

$50 \%$

$87.5\%$

$66.67 \%$

Correct answer:

$66.67 \%$

Explanation:

What percentage of a circle is covered by a sector with a central angle of $240^{\circ}$ ?

To find the percentage of a circle from the central angle, we need to use the following formula:

$\%=\frac{\theta}{360^{\circ}}*100$

Where theta is our central angle.

Plug in our given degree measurement and simplify.

$\%=\frac{240^{\circ}}{360^{\circ}}*100=66.67 \%$

So, our answer is 66.67%

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Example Question #2 : Central Angles And Arcs

Find the length of the minor arc if the circle has a circumference of $81\pi$ .

Possible Answers:

$72\pi$

$18\pi$

$9\pi$

$3\pi$

Correct answer:

$9\pi$

Explanation:

Recall that the length of an arc is a proportion of the circumference, just like how the measure of a central angle is a proportion of the total number of degrees in a circle.

Thus, we can write the following equation to solve for arc length.

$\text{Arc length}=\frac{\text{central angle}}{360}(\text{circumference})$

Plug in the given central angle and circumference to find the length of the minor arc .

$\text{Arc length}=\frac{40}{360}(81\pi)=9\pi$

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Example Question #3 : Central Angles And Arcs

A circle has area $81 \pi$ . Give the length of a $90 ^{\circ }$ arc of the circle.

Possible Answers:

$\frac{9}{4} \pi$

$\frac{81}{4} \pi$

$\frac{9}{2} \pi$

$\frac{81}{16} \pi$

Correct answer:

$\frac{9}{2} \pi$

Explanation:

The radius of a circle, given its area , can be found using the formula

$A = \pi r^{2}$

Set $A= 81 \pi$ :

$\pi r^{2} = 81 \pi$

Find by dividing both sides by $\pi$ and then taking the square root of both sides:

$\pi r^{2} \div \pi = 81 \pi \div \pi$

$r^{2} = 81$

$r = \sqrt{81} = 9$

The circumference of this circle is found using the formula

$C = 2 \pi r$ :

$C = 2 \pi (9)$

$C= 18 \pi$

A $90 ^{\circ }$ arc of the circle is one fourth of the circle, so the length of the arc is

$L = \frac{1}{4}C$

$= \frac{1}{4} \cdot 18 \pi$

$= \frac{9}{2} \pi$

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Example Question #3 : Central Angles And Arcs

If a sector covers $\frac{4}{5}$ of the area of a given circle, what is the measure of that sector's central angle?

Possible Answers:

$288^{\circ}$

$144^{\circ}$

Not enough information given.

$728^{\circ}$

Correct answer:

$288^{\circ}$

Explanation:

If a sector covers $\frac{4}{5}$ of the area of a given circle, what is the measure of that sector's central angle?

While this problem may seem to not have enough information to solve, we actually have everything we need.

To find the measure of a central angle, we don't need to know the actual area of the sector or the circle. Instead, we just need to know what fraction of the circle we are dealing with. In this case, we are told that the sector represents four fifths of the circle.

All circles have 360 degrees, so if our sector is four fifths of that, we can find the answer via the following.

$\measuredangle =\frac{4}{5}(360^{\circ})=288^{\circ}$

So our answer is:

$288^{\circ}$

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Example Question #2 : Central Angles And Arcs

Sector

Figure is not drawn to scale.

What percent of the circle has not been shaded?

Possible Answers:

$75 \%$

$72 \%$

$66\frac{2}{3} \%$

$60 \%$

Correct answer:

$60 \%$

Explanation:

The total number of degrees in a circle is $360^{\circ }$ , so the shaded sector represents $\frac{144^{\circ }}{360^{\circ }}$ of the circle. In terms of percent, this is

$\frac{144^{\circ }}{360^{\circ }} \times 100 \% = \frac{14,400^{\circ }}{360^{\circ }} \%= 40\%$ .

The shaded sector is 40% if the circle, so the unshaded sector is $100 \% - 40\% = 60\%$ of the circle.

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