The length of
an arc of a circle is just a portion of the circumference of a circle.
Given that the circumference of a circle is 2
r, a portion of that is just a fraction of (x many degrees / 360 degrees)
2
r.
The area
of a circle is
r
. A
portion of that is the area of a sector. Thus (x many degrees / 360
degrees) times
r
= the area
of a sector.
(1) If an arc is 32 degrees
long and has a radius of 5 meters, how long is it?
(2) How many arcs of 60
degrees will create a circle?
(3) If a sector has a radius
of 2.3 meters and covers 3 radians, what is it's area?