1. The document contains 15 multi-part math problems involving geometry concepts such as circles, sectors, arcs, and tangents. The problems involve calculating angles, lengths, perimeters, and areas.
2. Many problems provide diagrams of circles with intersecting lines, arcs, chords or tangents and ask the learner to use given information like radii, angles or lengths to find missing values.
3. Calculations involve using properties of circles, sectors, triangles and basic geometry formulas involving radians, degrees, lengths, areas and perimeters.
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Circular Measure
1. The document contains 15 multi-part math problems involving geometry concepts such as circles, sectors, arcs, and tangents. The problems involve calculating angles, lengths, perimeters, and areas.
2. Many problems provide diagrams of circles with intersecting lines, arcs, chords or tangents and ask the learner to use given information like radii, angles or lengths to find missing values.
3. Calculations involve using properties of circles, sectors, triangles and basic geometry formulas involving radians, degrees, lengths, areas and perimeters.
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1. The diagram shows two circles intersecting at X and .
Y Circle XAYhas a radius of 7 3 cm and
centre . P Circle XBYhas a radius of 7 cm and centreQ. It is given that . 60 = . Y B X Take . 142 . 3 = t
(a) Find . Y Q X . [1]
(b) Show that XY 2 = 147 cm 2 . [2]
(c) Hence, show that triangle XPYis an equilateral triangle. [1]
(d) Find the area of sector XPY. [2]
(e) Calculate the area of the shaded region. [2]
2.
In the diagram, AC is the diameter of the circle and TC is the tangent to the circle. Given that
AC = 8 cm , and
ZOAB = 0.125 rad ,
(a) the area of the minor sector BOC, [2] (b) the area of the region BCT. [3]
A P Q
60 o
B X Y 7
B A O C T 8 cm B B 3.
In the figure, B is the centre of sector BPR.
BP = BR = 26 cm. AQC is a circle of radius r, inscribed inside the sector and
PBR Z = 1.5 radians.
(a) Find the arc length PQR. [1]
(b) Show that the radius, r = 10.5 cm correct to 3 significant figures. [3]
(c) Find the area of major sector AOCQ. [3]
(d) Find the area of the shaded region. [4]
4.
In the diagram, OCPQ is a semicircle of radius 6 cm, with centre O. CPR is a sector of another circle with centre C. The angle POR is 1.2 radians. (a) Show that the length of PC is approximately 9.90 cm. [2] (b) Find the perimeter of the shaded region. [2] (c) Find the area of the shaded region. [3] r O A B C P Q R 1.5 radians 26 cm C O R Q P 1.2 rad 6 cm C O R Q P 1.2 rad 6 cm
5. (a) For a sector of arc length S , with radius r and area A, subtending an angle of u radians, express A in terms of S and u .
[2]
(b) During a solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is partially obscured. The diagram below represents a photograph taken from the Earth with the sizes of the Sun and the Moon each appearing to be equal circles of radius 8 cm, and each passing through the centre of the other S O and M O respectively.
(i) State the value of u enclosed, in terms of t , when measured in radians. [1]
(ii) Find the area of the minor segment shaded. [2]
(iii) Calculate the area of the part of the sun which is obscured. [2]
Sun Moon
8
S r r
area A
6. (a)
The diagram shows two sectors with the same centre O. Both subtend an angle of u at the centre of the circle. Given that the radii are 2cm and 6cm respectively, calculate the ratio of the area of the unshaded region to the area of the shaded region. [4]
(b)
AB is an arc of a circle with centre O. Angle AOB = 8 . 45 and OC = 7.4cm. (i) Given that arc AB = 4cm, calculate the radius of the circle. [2] (ii) Find the area of the shaded region. [3] (iii) Find the perimeter of the shaded region. [3]
O A B C 7.4cm u 2cm 6cm O
7.
In the diagram, P, Q and R lie on the circle, centre A. The radius of the circle is 8 cm and ZPAR = 1.32 radians.
(a) Find the length of the chord PR. [2]
BPSR is a sector of another circle, centre B and radius 9 cm.
(b) Calculate ZPBR, giving your answer in radians. [2]
(c) Calculate the area of segment PSR. [3]
(d) Calculate the area of the shaded region. [3]
8. Triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle and P is the midpoint of BC. PCQ is a sector of a circle where C is the centre of the circle. Given that AC = 8 cm and AB = 6 cm, calculate (a) PCQ Z , [1] (b) the area of sector PCQ, [3] (c) the area of the shaded region, [1] (d) the perimeter of the region AQPB. [2] [ take t = 3.142 ]
Q 8 A 8 1.32 S R B P 9 9 A B C P Q 6 cm 8 cm
9. In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle, OC = 7.6 m, AB and AC are tangents to the circle. It is given that angle BAC = 1.68 radians.
Calculate (a) angle BOA, [2] (b) the length AC, [2] (c) the perimeter of the shaded region, [3] (d) the area of the shaded region. [5]
10. The diagram shows a circle with centre O and two tangents TA and TB.
Given that the radius of the circle is 6 cm and TA = TB = 9 cm, calculate (i) AOB Z in radians, [2] (ii) the length of the arc APB, [1] (iii) the area of the shaded region. [2]
O A B C 1.68 rad 7.6 m T O A B 6cm 9 cm P
11. The diagram shows a triangle ABC inside a circle with centre O and AC is the diameter. B is a point on the circumference of the circle. Given that AB = 56 cm and BC = 33 cm, find
(i) the area of the circle, [2] (ii) the angle BAC in radians, [2] (iii) the perimeter of the shaded region, [3] (iv) the area of sector OBC. [3]
12. The diagram below shows a circle with centre O and radius 8 cm. It is given that the arc length of the arc AXB is 15 cm and the chord AB is the diameter of the semicircle AYB.
Calculate
(a) the length of the chord AB, [3] (b) the perimeter of the shaded region, [3] [3] (c) the area of the unshaded region. [4] C B A O . O Y A B X
13.
Diagram I shows the cross-section of a treasure chest. The cover of the chest is represented by the shaded part which is a segment of a circle, centre O. The height of the cover is 8 cm, TS = 32 cm, PT : TS = 3 : 2 and SU = 60 cm.
(a) Show that the radius, OR, of the segment is 20 cm.
[3] (b) Find the angle POR, giving your answer in radians.
[2] (c) Calculate the outer surface area of the cover, giving your answer correct to one decimal place.
[3] (d) Calculate the volume of air in the treasure chest, giving your result correct to the nearest whole number.
[4] Q T P R S O T P Q R S U Diagram I Diagram II 0 8 cm 14. The diagram (not drawn to scale) shows a club logo of the shape XAYBX formed by two intersecting circles. The radii of the circles, centres P and Q, are 6 cm and 4 cm respectively. At each point of intersection, A and B, the radius of one circle is perpendicular to the radius of the other.
a) Show that ZAPB is approximately 1.176 radians. [2] Hence, find ZAQB. [1] b) (i) Find arc length AXB. [1] (ii) Find the perimeter of the shape AXBYA. [2] c) (i) Find area of AAPB. [1] (ii) Hence, find the area of the shaded region. [3]
15. In the diagram, ZAOB = 1.4 radians, AC is parallel to OB and OA = 5 cm. AB is an arc of a circle with centre O and BC is an arc of a circle with centre A.
(a) Show that angle BAC = 0.871 radian. [1] (b) Show that the length of chord AB = 6.441 cm. [2] (c) Calculate the perimeter of the shaded region. [3] (d) Calculate the area of the shaded region. [4] X Y B A P Q 6 cm 4 cm A B C O 1.4 5 16
a) AB is an arc of a circle with centre O. Angle AOB = 0.5 radians and OC = 11.6 cm.
(i) Given that arc AB = 4 cm, calculate the radius of the circle. [1] (ii) Find the area of the shaded region. [2] (iii) Find the perimeter of the shaded region. [3]
17. O and A are the centres of 2 circles. The two circles intersect each other at the points B and I. EB is a tangent of the circle with centre A. Points A, E, F are on the circumference of the circle with center O and points C, D, G, H are on the circumference of the circle with center A.
Given that OA = 7.15 cm, AB = r cm, ZAOB = 0.882 radians and ZOAC = 0.247 radians. (a) Find the value of r. [2] (b) Calculate the perimeter of the shaded region. [4] (c) Calculate the following angles in radians, (i) ZCHD, [1] (ii) ZAFE, [1] (iii)ZCBE, [2] (iv) ZBIC. [1]
O A B C 0.5 11.6 cm O D A C B E F H I G r cm 0.247 rad 0.882 rad 7.15 cm 18. (a) The figure shows a regular hexagon of side 10 cm. Each of the arcs is drawn using each vertex of the hexagon as the centre, and having a radius equal to the length of each side of the hexagon.
Find (i) the perimeter of the shaded region, [2] (ii) the area of the shaded region. [3] (b) In the diagram, DC is a diameter. The tangent to the circle at point A meets DC produced at B. The length OA is 20 cm and = ZAOC 1. 2 radians.
(i) Calculate BC. [2] (ii) Calculate the area of the shaded region. [2] (iii) Calculate the perimeter of the shaded region. [3]
8 cm D C B O A
19.
The diagram shows a flowerbed PQR in the form of a sector of a circle, centre P and = ZQPR 1.2 radians. Within this flowerbed, a circular plot of the largest possible size is to be planted with sunflowers. Given that the radius of the circular plot, centre O is 5 m, find (a) the length of PQ, (b) the perimeter of the flowerbed. (c) The shaded region of the flowerbed is to be fenced up. Calculate the cost of building the fence along the perimeter of the shaded region if each metre of the fence costs $2.30. [3] [3]
[2]
20.
The diagram shows a sector ABC, centre A and radius 8 cm, and a semicircle ADC with centre O. Given that AB is parallel to DC and the length of the arc BC is 9.6 cm, calculate (i) the angle BAC in radians, [2] (ii) the area of the shaded segment. [4]
21. The diagram shows a sector OABC of a circle, centre O. Triangle OCD is isosceles with OC = OD = 8 cm and 1.24 COD= Z radians.
(i) State AOC Z in radians. [ 1 ] (ii) Find the area of the shaded segment.
[ 3 ] (iii) Find the perimeter of the figure OABCD.
[ 3 ]
22.
In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle with radius 17 cm. ZY is the tangent to the circle at Y. W and X are points on the circle and ZW is a straight line. Given that radians 5 . 1 = ZWOY and ZY = 24 cm, calculate
(a) ZWYZ, [2] (b) the length of chord WY, [2] (c) the area of the minor segment WXY, [3] (d) the area of the shaded region WXYZ. [3]
1.24 rad A O C B 8 cm D W
Z
Y
17 cm
X
1.5 rad 24 cm O A B X Y O P 0.8 rad 10 cm 6 cm 23 In the given figure, AXB is an arc of a circle centre O and radius 10 cm. AYB is an arc of a circle centre P and radius 6 cm. Given that angle AOB = 0.8 radian, calculate
(a) the length of the chord AB,
(b) angle APB in radian,
(c) the area of the shaded crescent.
[2]
[2]
[3] 24 A Q R P B E D 4 cm 2 cm 3.2 cm
In the figure, AQPR and PCB are straight lines. ADC and AEB are arcs of circles with centers Q and P respectively. Given that ZPRB = 90, show that ZAPB = 2.133 radians. Find (a) the arc length AEB, (b) the area of sector AEBP, (c) ZAQC in radians, (d) the arc length ADC, (e) the area of sector ADCQ. Hence or otherwise, calculate the shaded area.
[2]
[1] [1] [3] [1] [1] [2]
25. The diagram shows a semi-circle PRS with centre O and radius 21 cm. OQR is a sector with O as the centre and t 9 2 = ZRPQ radian. Taking to be 7 22 , calculate the area of PQRSP.[4]