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MENSURATION: CIRCLE
Important Formulae:
1. Circumference of a circle = 2 Π r.
2. Area of a circle = Π r²
3. Length of an arc of a sector of a circle with radius r and angle with degree
measure θ is
θ
× 2 Πr
360
4. Area of a sector of a circle with radius r and angle with degrees measure θ is 2
θ
× Πr²
360
5. Area of segment of a circle
= Area of the corresponding sector – Area of the corresponding triangle.
Sector
Segment
Arc
Example: The cost of fencing a circular field at the rate of Rs 24 per metre is Rs
5280. The field is to be ploughed at the rate of Rs 0.50 per m². Find the cost of
22
ploughing the field (Take π = )
7
TotalCost
Solution : Length of the fence (in metres) =
Rate
5280
= = 220 metres which is the circumference of the circle.
24
Now, Circumference= 2Πr
Or, 220 = 2Πr
22
Hence Area = × 35 ²= 3850 m²
7
So, Cost of ploughing = 3850 × 0.50 = 1925 Rupees
Example: Find the area of the sector of a circle with radius 4 cm and of angle 30°.
Also, find the area of the corresponding major sector (Use π = 3.14).
θ
Solution: Area of the sector = × Πr²
360
30 22
= × × 16
360 7
= 4.19 cm²
Area of Major Sector = Area of Circle- Area of Minor Sector
= 50.2-4.19 =46.01 cm²
Example: Find the area of the segment AYB, if radius of the circle is 21 cm and H
AOB = 120°.
Solution:
Y
A
P
Solution: As the angle of one sector is 90°, so two sectors will be having an area
equal to the semicircle. Rest of the area left in the lawn will be half the area of
square. Hence the required answer = Area of Semicircle + Half Area of Square
1 22
= ( × 28 2 × 28 2 + 56²)
2 7
Radius of circle will be half of diagonal which is 56 2
= 4032 m²