Sectors and Segments of a Circle

Objectives:
At the end of the lesson the students will;

 Illustrate segments and sector of a circle.

Area of a sector of a circle

A sector of a circle is a region bounded by two radii and an arc of a circle. In a figure below the shaded
part is a sector.

1
The area of a sector of a central angle of 90°is the area of the entire circle.
4

1
The area of a sector with central angle of 45° is the area of the entire circle.
8

45
That is , area= ×area of the ¿˚
360

1 2
= πr
8

Area of a sector of a circle is a fractional part of the area of the entire circle.

c
A= × π r2
360

Where A = area of a sector

C/m = measure of the central angle

R = =radius
Example 1. Find the area of a sector with a central angle of 60° and a radius of 9cm.

Example 2. The measure of the arc of a sector of a circle is 45°. The length of the radius is 8cm. Find the
area of a sector.

Area of a Segment of a Circle

The area of a segment can be determine by subtracting the area of a triangle formed by the chord and the
radii from the area of the corresponding sector.
Asegment=Asector-Atriangle
Example Find the area of the segment.

Solution:

Step 1. Find the area of the sector.

m 60 25
Area of a sector= ( πr ¿¿ 2)= π ∙52 = π cm 2 ¿
360 360 6
Step 2. Find the area of ∆ AOB.
s2
A= √ 3
4
(5)2
A= √3
4
25
A= √3 cm2
4
Step 3, Find the area of the segment.
\ Area of a segment = Area of a Sector – Area of a Triangle
25 π 25
= − √3
6 4
=2.264651843 (calculator value)
The area of a segment is approximately 2.3cm2.
 An alternative method to find the area of a ∆ AOB is suggested below.

In 30-60-90 triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is twice of the length of the shorter leg and the length of the
longer leg √ 3times the length of the shorter leg.
1 1
Area of ∆ AOB= bh= ( 5 ) ( 2.5 √ 3 )=10.82531755 Hence,
2 2
25 1
Area of a Segment ¿ π− bh
6 2
25 π 1
= − ( 5 ) ( 2.5 √ 3 )
6 2
=2.264651843 (calculator value)
2
=2.3cm
Example 4. Find the area of the segment.

Solution:
Step 1. Find the area of a sector.
120
Area of a sector = ( π ∙7 2) = 49 π cm2
360 3
Step 2. Find the area of ∆ AOB .

1 2
Area of ∆ AOB= ( 7 √ 3 ) ( 3.5 )=12.25 √3 cm
2
Step 3. Find the area of the segment.
Area of the segment=area of a sector- area of ∆ AOB
49 π
¿ −12.25 √3
3
=30.09505762 (calculator value)
The area of the segment is approximately 30.1cm2.
 Activity

A. Find the area of the sector in terms of π .

4cm 6cm

3. 110° 4.

8cm
9cm

80°

B. Find the area of the sector for each circle. Round the answer to the nearest tenth.

5. 5cm 6.
6cm
75°
55°

7. 8.

10cm
100°
12cm 44°

C. Find the area of the segment.

9. 10.

8cm
60°

12cm

11. 12.
120°

6cm
6cm
60°