Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1 If the sum of the areas of two circles with radii and is equal to the area of a circle of radius , then
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(b) According to the given condition,
Area of circle Area of first circle + Area of second circle
2 If the sum of the circumferences of two circles with radii and is equal to the circumference of a circle of radius , then
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) Nothing definite can be said about the relation among and .
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Solution
(a) According to the given condition,
Circumference of circle Circumference of first circle + Circumference of second circle
3 If the circumference of a circle and the perimeter of a square are equal, then
(a) Area of the circle =Area of the square
(b) Area of the circle Area of the square
(c) Area of the circle Area of the square
(d) Nothing definite can be said about the relation between the areas of the circle and square
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Solution
(b) According to the given condition,
Circumference of a circle Perimeter of square
[where, and are radius of circle and side of square respectively]
Now, area of circle,
and area of square,
From Eqs. (ii) and (iii),
Hence, Area of the circle Area of the square.
4 Area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius units is
(a) sq units
(b) sq units
(c) sq units
(d) sq units
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Solution
(a) Take a point on the circumference of the semi-circle and join it by the end points of diameter and .
So, is right angled triangle.
Area of largest
[by property of circle] [angle in a semi-circle are right angle]
5 If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square, then the ratio of their areas is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(b) Let radius of circle be and side of a square be . According to the given condition,
Perimeter of a circle Perimeter of a square
6 It is proposed to build a single circular park equal in area to the sum of areas of two circular parks of diameters and in a locality. The radius of the new park would be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(a) Area of first circular park, whose diameter is
Area of second circular park, whose diameter is
According to the given condition,
Area of single circular park Area of first circular park + Area of second circular park
7 The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(d) Given, side of square
Diameter of a circle, Side of square
Radius of a circle
Area of circle
8 The area of the square that can be inscribed in a circle of radius is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(b) Given, radius of circle, .
Diameter of the circle
which is equal to the diagonal of a square.
Let side of square be .
In right angled
[by Pythagoras theorem]
Alternate Method
Radius of circle
Diameter of circle
Since, square inscribed in circle.
Diagonal of the squre Diameter of circle
Now, Area of square
9 The radius of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the circumferences of the two circles of diameters and is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(c) Circumference of first circle
[given, ] and circumference of second circle According to the given condition,
[given, ]
Circumference of circle Circumference of first circle + Circumference of second circle
[where, is diameter of a circle]
So, diameter of a circle is .
Required radius of circle
10 The diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of the two circles of radii and is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(d) Let and
Area of first circle
and area of second circle
According to the given condition,
Area of circle Area of first circle + Area of second circle
Very Short Answer Type Questions
Write whether True or False and justify your answer.
1 Is the area of the circle inscribed in a square of side ? Give reasons for your answer.
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Solution
False
Let be a square of side a.
Diameter of circle Side of square
Radius of circle
Area of circle
Hence, area of the circle is .
2 Will it be true to say that the perimeter of a square circumscribing a circle of radius a is ? Give reason for your answer.
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Solution
True
Given, radius of circle,
Diameter of circle, Radius
Side of a square Diameter of circle
Perimeter of a square Side
3 In figure, a square is inscribed in a circle of diameter and another square is circumscribing the circle. Is the area of the outer square four times the area of the inner square? Give reason for your answer.
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Solution
False
Given diameter of circle is .
Diagonal of inner square Diameter of circle
Let side of inner square be .
In right angled ,
4 Is it true to say that area of segment of a circle is less than the area of its corresponding sector? Why?
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Solution
False
It is true only in the case of minor segment. But in case of major segment area is always greater than the area of sector.
5 Is it true that the distance travelled by a circular wheel of diameter in one revolution is ? Why?
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Solution
False
Because the distance travelled by the wheel in one revolution is equal to its circumference i.e., .
i.e., Circumference of wheel
6 In covering a distance , a circular wheel of radius makes revolution. Is this statement true? Why?
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Solution
True
The distance covered in one revolution is r. i.e., its circumference.
7 The numerical value of the area of a circle is greater than the numerical value of its circumference. Is this statement true? Why?
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Solution
False
If , then numerical value of circumference is greater than numerical value of area of circle and if , area is greater than circumference.
8 If the length of an arc of a circle of radius is equal to that of an arc of a circle of radius , then the angle of the corresponding sector of the first circle is double the angle of the corresponding sector of the other circle. Is this statement false? Why?
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Solution
False
Let two circles and of radius and with centres and , respectively.
It is given that, the arc length of is equal to arc length of i.e., (say)
Now, let be the angle subtended by arc of be the angle subtended by arc at the centre.
From Eqs. (i) and (ii),
i.e., angle of the corresponding sector of is double the angle of the corresponding sector of .
It is true statement.
9 The area of two sectors of two different circles with equal corresponding arc lengths are equal. Is this statement true? Why?
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Solution
False
It is true for arcs of the same circle. But in different circle, it is not possible.
10 The areas of two sectors of two different circles are equal. Is it necessary that their corresponding arc lengths are equal? Why?
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Solution
False
It is true for arcs of the same circle. But in different circle, it is not possible.
11 Is the area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle of length and breadth is ? Why?
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Solution
False
The area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle is , where is the radius of the circle and it is possible when rectangle becomes a square.
12 Circumference of two circles are equal. Is it necessary that their areas be equal? Why?
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Solution
True
If circumference of two circles are equal, then their corresponding radii are equal. So, their areas will be equal.
13 Areas of two circles are equal. Is it necessary that their circumferences are equal? Why?
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Solution
True
If areas of two circles are equal, then their corresponding radii are equal. So, their circumference will be equal.
14 Is it true to say that area of a square inscribed in a circle of diameter is ? Why?
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Solution
True
When the square is inscribed in the circle, the diameter of a circle is equal to the diagonal of a square but not the side of the square.
Short Answer Type Questions
1 Find the radius of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the circumference of two circles of radii and .
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Solution
Let the radius of a circle be .
Circumference of a circle
Let the radii of two circles are and whose values are and respectively.
i.e.
Now, by given condition,
Circumference of circle Circumference of first circle + Circumference of second circle
Hence, required radius of a circle is .
2 In figure, a square of diagonal is inscribed in a circle. Find the area of the shaded region.
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Solution
Let the side of a square be and the radius of circle be .
Given that, length of diagonal of square
Now, Diagonal of a square Diameter of a circle
Diameter of circle
Radius of circle
Area of circle
and Area of square
So, the area of the shaded region Area of circle - Area of square
Hence, the required area of the shaded region is .
3 Find the area of a sector of a circle of radius and central angle .
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Solution
Given that, Radius of a circle,
and measure of central angle
Area of a sector of a circle
Hence, the required area of a sector of a circle is .
4 The wheel of a motor cycle is of radius . How many revolutions per minute must the wheel make, so as to keep a speed of ?
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Solution
Given, radius of wheel,
Circumference of the wheel
But speed of the wheel
Number of revolutions in revolution
Hence, required number of revolutions per minute is 500 .
5 A cow is tied with a rope of length at the corner of a rectangular field of dimensions . Find the area of the field in which the cow can graze.
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Solution
Let be a rectangular field of dimensions . Suppose, a cow is tied at a point . Let length of rope be (say).
Area of the field in which the cow graze Area of sector
[so, the angle between two adjacent sides of a rectangle is ]
6 Find the area of the flower bed (with semi-circular ends) shown in figure.
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Solution
Length and breadth of a circular bed are and .
Area of rectangle Length Breadth
Both ends of flower bed are semi-circles.
Radius of semi-circle
Area of one semi-circles
Area of two semi-circles
Total area of flower bed Area of rectangle ACDF + Area of two semi-circles
7 In figure, is a diameter of the circle, and . Find the area of the shaded region. (use )
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Solution
Given,
and
We know that, triangle in a semi-circle with hypotenuse as diameter is right angled triangle.
In right angled , use Pythagoras theorem,
Here, diameter of circle,
Radius of circle,
Area of the shaded region Area of circle - Area of
8 Find the area of the shaded field shown in figure.
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Solution
In a figure, join
From figure, radius of semi-circle DFE,
Now, area of rectangle
and area of semi-circle DFE
Area of shaded region Area of rectangle Area of semi-circle DFE
9 Find the area of the shaded region in figure.
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Solution
Join and
Here, breadth of the rectangle
Breadth of the inner rectangle
which is equal to the diameter of the semi-circle
Radius of semi-circle EJF,
Length of inner rectangle
Area of two semi-circles EJF and HIG
Now, area of inner rectangle
and area of outer rectangle
Area of shaded region Area of outer rectangle - (Area of two semi-circles
(Area of inner rectangle)
10 Find the area of the minor segment of a circle of radius , when the angle of the corresponding sector is .
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Solution
Given that, radius of circle
and angle of the corresponding sector i.e., central angle
Since, in Radius of circle i.e., is isosceles.
Now, in
[since,sum of interior angles of any triangle is ]
i.e.
Since, all angles of are equal to i.e., is an equilateral triangle.
Also,
So, Area of
and area of sector
Area of minor segment Area of sector OBAO - Area of
Hence, the required area of the minor segment is .
11 Find the area of the shaded region in figure, where arcs drawn with centres and intersect in pairs at mid-point and of the sides and , respectively of a square . (use )
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Solution
Given, side of a square
Since, is a mid-point of .
Radius
Now,
Now, area of quadrant Area of four quadrants
Area of the shaded region Area of square - Area of four quadrants
12 In figure arcs are drawn by taking vertices and of an equilateral triangle of side , To intersect the sides and at their respective mid-points and . Find the area of the shaded region. (use )
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Solution
Since, is an equilateral triangle.
and
So, and are mid-points of the sides.
13 In figure, arcs have been drawn with radii each and with centres and . Find the area of the shaded region.
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Solution
Given that, radii of each
Now, area of the sector with central
area of any sector with central angle and radius
Area of the sector with central angle
and area of the sector with central angle
Therefore, sum of the areas (in ) of three sectors
[since, sum of all interior angles in any triangle is ]
Hence, the required area of the shaded region is .
14 A circular park is surrounded by a road wide. If the radius of the park is , then find the area of the road.
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Solution
Given that, a circular park is surrounded by a road.
Width of the road
Radius of the park
Radius of whole circular portion (park + road),
Now, area of road Area of whole circular portion
Hence, the required area of the road is .
15 In figure, arcs have been drawn of radius each with vertices , and of quadrilateral as centres. Find the area of the shaded region.
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Solution
Given that, radius of each
Area of sector with
area of any sector with central angle and radius
Area of sector with
Area of sector with
and area of sector with
Therefore, sum of the areas (in ) of the four sectors
Hence, required area of the shaded region is .
16. piece of wire long is bent into the from of an arc of a circle, subtending an angle of at its centre. Find the radius of the circle.
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Solution
Length of arc of circle
Here,
central angle
Hence, the radius of circle is .
Long Answer Type Questions
1 The area of a circular playground is . Find the cost of fencing this ground at the rate of ₹ 50 per .
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Solution
Given, area of a circular playground
2 The diameters of front and rear wheels of a tractor are and , respectively. Find the number of revolutions that rear wheel will make in covering a distance in which the front wheel makes 1400 revolutions.
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Solution
Given, diameter of front wheels,
and diameter of rear wheels,
Radius of front wheel
and radius of rear wheel
Circumference of the front wheel
Total distance covered by front wheel
Number of revolutions by rear wheel
3 Sides of a triangular field are and . with the three corners of the field a cow, a buffalo and a horse are tied separately with ropes of length each to graze in the field.
Find the area of the field which cannot be grazed by the three animals.
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Solution
Given that, a triangular field with the three corners of the field a cow, a buffalo and a horse are tied separately with ropes. So, each animal grazed the field in each corner of triangular field as a sectorial form.
Given, radius of each sector
Now, area of sector with
Area of the sector with
and area of the sector with
Therefore, sum of the areas (in ) of the three sectors
Given that, sides of triangle are and
Now, semi-perimeter of triangle,
So, area of the field which cannot be grazed by the three animals
Hence, the required area of the field which can not be grazed by the three animals is .
4 Find the area of the segment of a circle of radius whose corresponding sector has a centrel angle of . (use )
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Solution
Given that, radius of a circle
and central angle of sector
Area of sector [here, sector and segment]
Since, is an isosceles triangle.
So, the required is an equilateral triangle.
Now, area of area of an equilateral triangle
Now, area of the segment of a circle i.e.,
Area of sector Area of
Hence, the required area of segment of a circle is .
5 A circular pond is is of diameter. It is surrounded by a wide path. Find the cost of constructing the path at the rate of ₹ 25 Per ?
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Solution
Given that, a circular pond is surrounded by a wide path.
The diameter of circular pond
and the width of the path
i.e.,
Now, length of
Let
So, area of circular path Area of outer circle i.e., (circular pond + path)
Now, cost of constructing the path per square metre
Cost constructing the path ₹
Hence, required cost of constructing the path at the rate of is ₹ 3061.50.
6 In figure, is a trapezium with and distance between and . If arcs of equal radii with centres and have been drawn, then find the area of the shaded region of the figure.
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Solution
Given-
is a trapezium. and .
There are 4 arcs centring the vertices with radius .
To find out - area of shaded region
Solution-
Area of trapezium sum of the parallel sides distance between the parallel sides.
Let us take the angles of the trapezium as at at at and at .
Now the given arcs form 4 sectors.
Together they form a circle of radius as .
The area of the sectors-area of circle with radius
Area of shaded region area of trapezium - area of circle
7 Three circles each of radius are drawn in such a way that each of them touches the other two. Find the area enclosed between these circles.
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Solution
Given that, three circles are in such a way that each of them touches the other two.
Now, we join centre of all three circles to each other by a line segment. Since, radius of each circle is .
So;
which shows that, is an equilateral triangle with side .
We know that, each angle between two adjacent sides of an equilateral triangle is .
Area of sector with angle .
So,
and
Area of shaded region enclosed between these circles Area of
-Area of each sector
Hence, the required area enclosed between these circles is (approx).
8 Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius , if the corresponding arc length is .
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Solution
Let the central angle of the sector be .
Given that, radius of the sector of a circle and arc length
Central angle of the sector,
Now, area of sector with angle
Hence, required area of the sector of a circle is .
9 Four circular cardboard pieces of radii are placed on a paper in such a way that each piece touches other two pieces. Find the area of the portion enclosed between these pieces.
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Solution
Given that, four circular cardboard pieces arc placed on a paper in such a way that each piece touches other two pieces.
Now, we join centre of all four circles to each other by a line segment. Since, radius of each circle is .
So,
which shows that, quadrilateral is a square with each of its side is .
We know that, each angle between two adjacent sides of a square is .
Area of sector with
Area of each sector Area of sector with
and area of square
So, area of shaded region enclosed between these pieces Area of square - Area of each sector
Hence, required area of the portion enclosed between these pieces is .
10 On a square cardboard sheet of area , four congruent circular plates of maximum size are placed such that each circular plate touches the other two plates and each side of the square sheet is tangent to two circular plates. Find the area of the square sheet not covered by the circular plates.
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Solution
Area of square
Since, all four are congruent circular plates.
Diameter of each circular plate
Radius of each circular plate
Now, area of one circular plate
Area of four circular plates
Area of the square sheet not covered by the circular plates
11 Floor of a room is of dimensions and it is covered with circular tiles of diameters each as shown infigure. Find area of floor that remains uncovered with tiles. (use )
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Solution
Given, floor of a room is covered with circular tiles.
Length of a floor of a room
and breadth of floor of a room
Area of floor of a room
Diameter of each circular tile
Radius of each circular tile
Now, area of a circular tile
Area of 80 circular tiles
congruent circular tiles covering the floor of a room So, area of floor that remains uncovered with tiles Area of floor of a room - Area of 80 circular tiles
Hence, the required area of floor that remains uncovered with tiles is .
12 All the vertices of a rhombus lie on a circle. Find the area of the rhombus, if area of the circle is . (use )
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Solution
Let the radius of the circle be .
Given that,
So, the radius of circle is .
Diameter of circle Radius
Since, all the vertices of a rhombus lie on a circle that means each diagonal of a rhombus must pass through the centre of a circle that is why both diagonals are equal and same as the diameter of the given circle.
Let and be the diagonals of the rhombus.
Diameter of circle
So, Area of rhombus
Hence, the required area of rhombus is .
13 An archery target has three regions formed by three concentric circles as shown in figure. If the diameters of the concentric circles are in the ratio , then find the ratio of the areas of three regions.
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Solution
Let the diameters of concentric circles be and .
Radius of concentric circles are and .
Area of inner circle,
Area of middle region,
area of ring , where is radius of outer ring and is radius of inner ring
and area of outer region,
14 The length of the minute hand of a clock is . Find the area swept by the minute hand during the time period and .
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Solution
We know that, in , minute hand revolving
In , minute hand revolving
Given that, length of minute hand .
Area of sector with angle
Hence, the required area swept by the minute land is .
15 Area of a sector of central angle of a circle is . Find the length of the corresponding arc of this sector.
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Solution
Let the radius of the sector be .
Given that, Central angle of sector
and area of the sector
We know that, area of the sector
Area of the sector,
So, radius of the sector .
Now, the length of the correspoding arc of this sector Central angle Radius
Hence, the required length of the corresponding arc is .
16 The central angles of two sectors of circles of radii and are respectively and . Find the areas of the two sectors as well as the lengths of the corresponding arcs. What do you observe?
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Solution
Let the lengths of the corresponding arc be and .
Given that, radius of sector and radius of sector Central angle of the sector and central angle of the sector
Area of the sector with central angle
and area of the sector with central angle
Now, corresponding arc length of the sector
and corresponding arc length of the sector
Hence, we observe that arc lengths of two sectors of two different circles may be equal but their area need not be equal.
17 Find the area of the shaded region given in figure.
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Solution
Join and .
Their are four equally semi-circles and formed a square.
So, the side of square should be and radius of semi-circle of both ends are each.
Hence, the required of the shaded region is .
18 Find the number of revolutions made by a circular wheel of area in rolling a distance of .
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Solution
Let the number of revolutions made by a circular wheel be and the radius of circular wheel ber.
Given that, area of circular wheel
So, the radius of the wheel is .
Distance travelled by a circlular wheel in one revolution Circumference of circular wheel
Since, distance travelled by a circular wheel
Number of revolutions
Hence, the required number of revolutions made by a circular wheel is 40 .
19 Find the difference of the areas of two segments of a circle formed by a chord of length subtending an angle of at the centre.
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Solution
Let the radius of the circle be .
Now, in we drawn a perpendicular line , which meets at on and divides chord into two equal parts.
So,
[since, the perpendicular drawn from the centre to the chord of a circle divides the chord into two equal parts]
By Pythagoras theorem, in ,
Now, area of sector AOBA
Area of minor segment Area of sector Area of an isosceles
Now, area of the circle
Area of major segment Area of circle - Area of minor segment
Difference of the areas of two segments of a circle Area of major segment - Area of minor segment|
Hence, the required difference of the areas of two segments is .
20 Find the difference of the areas of a sector of angle and its corresponding major sector of a circle of radius .
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Solution
Given that, radius of the circle and central angle of the sector So, area of the circle
Now, area of the minor sector with central angle
Area of the major sector
Difference of the areas of a sector and its corresponding major sector
Hence, the required difference of two sectors is .