Mensuration – 3 (Sector and Segment)

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1. The circle, centre 𝑂, has a radius of 5 𝑐𝑚 and minor arc 𝐴𝐵 5 𝑐𝑚

subtends an angle of 68° at 𝑂. Calculate to 1 decimal place, 𝐴 𝑂

(a) The arc in 𝑐𝑚 of the minor sector 𝑂𝐴𝐵.

(b) The area in 𝑐𝑚2 , of this sector.

Answers: (a) 5.9 𝑐𝑚, (b) 14.8 𝑐𝑚2,

2. The angle of a sector 𝐴𝐾𝐵 of a circle of radius 6 cm is 230°.

Giving your answer to 1 decimal place, find

(a) the area in 𝑐𝑚2 of the sector 𝐴𝐾𝐵

(b) the length in cm of the arc 𝐴𝐾𝐵.

Answers: (a) 72.3 𝑐𝑚2 , (b) 24.1 𝑐𝑚,

3. A circular card of radius 8 𝑐𝑚 has

a sector 𝐴𝑂𝐵 removed from it,

where ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 60°. Calculate the perimeter,

in 𝑐𝑚 to 3 significant figures, of the remaining card.

Answers: 57.9 𝑐𝑚,

4. 𝑂𝐴𝐵 is a sector of a circle with centre 𝑂. ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 46° and arc 𝐴𝐵 = 25 𝑐𝑚.

Calculate, giving your answer to 3 significant figure,

(a) The radius in 𝑐𝑚 of the circle.

(b) The area in 𝑐𝑚2 of the sector 𝑂𝐴𝐵.

Answers: (a) 31.1 cm, (b) 388 𝑐𝑚2,

5. A quadrant of a circle has area 100 𝑚2.

Calculate in 𝑚 to 3 significant figure,

(a) The radius of the quadrant.

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(b) The perimeter of the quadrant.

Answers: (a) 11.3 m, (b) 40.3 m,

6. The diagram shows a shape made from 4 identical sectors.

The radius of each sector is 12 𝑐𝑚 and the angle at the centre of each sector is 40°.

Calculate giving your answers to 3 significant figure,

(a) The area in 𝑐𝑚2 , of the shape.

(b) The length in 𝑐𝑚 of the perimeter of the shape.

Answers: (a) 201 𝑐𝑚2 , (b) 130 cm,

7. The sector area 50 𝑐𝑚2 and angle 60° is cut from a circle. Calculate to 3 significant figure,

(a) The radius in cm of the circle, (b) The perimeter on cm of the sector.

Answers: (a) 9.77 cm, (b) 29.8 cm,

8. A metal plate in the form of the shaded region in the figure is to be produced from a right-angled isosceles

triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶. ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 90°, 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐶 = 12 𝑐𝑚. The two parts to be removed are sectors of the circles at

𝐴 and 𝐶, each of the radius 6 𝑐𝑚. Calculate to 1 decimal place,

(a) The combined are in 𝑐𝑚2 of the two sectors.

(b) The area in 𝑐𝑚2 of the metal plate.

Answers: (a) 28.3 𝑐𝑚2 , (b) 43.7 𝑐𝑚2,

9. 𝑂𝑃𝑄 is a sector of a circle with centre 𝑂 and of radius 10 cm,

∠𝑃𝑂𝑄 = 80°, 𝑅 is the midpoint of 𝑂𝑃, 𝑆 is the midpoint of 𝑂𝑄 and

𝑅𝑆 is an arc of the circle with centre 𝑂.

Calculate the area, to nearest 𝑐𝑚2 of the shaded region 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆.

Answers: 52 𝑐𝑚2 ,

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10. The chord 𝐴𝐵 subtends an angle of 130° at the centre 𝑂. The radius of the circle is 8 cm. Find:

(a) the length of 𝐴𝐵

(b) the area of sector 𝑂𝐴𝐵

(c) the area of triangle 𝑂𝐴𝐵

(d) the area of the minor segment

Answers: (a) 14.5, (b) 72.6, (c) 24.5, (d) 48.1

11. A circle, centre 𝑂, has radius 15 cm. The chord 𝐴𝐵 subtends

an angle of 100° at the centre of the circle.

(a) Calculate the perimeter, in cm to 3 significant figures, of the shaded region.

(b) Calculate the area, in 𝑐𝑚2 to 3 significant figures, of the shaded region.

Answers: (a) 49.2 cm, (b) 85.6 𝑐𝑚2

12. OAB is a sector of a circle centre 𝑂, radius 15 cm and 𝐴𝐵 = 16 𝑐𝑚.

Calculate, to 3 significant figures,

(a) the size, in degrees, of ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵,

(b) the area, in 𝑐𝑚2 , of the shaded region.

Answers: (a) 64.5°, (b) 25.1 𝑐𝑚2 ,

13. Figure shows the design of a company sign. The two circles each have

the same centre 𝑃. The radius of the smaller circle is 2 𝑚, the radius of the
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larger circle is 6 𝑚 and ∠𝑄𝑃𝑅 = 40°. 𝑨
(a) Find and simplify an expression in term of 𝜋 for the area of the shaded region 𝐴.

(b) Show that the area of the shaded region 𝐵 is equal to the area of the shaded region 𝐴.
32𝜋
Answers: (a) 9
𝑚2 ,

14. 𝐵𝑂𝐶 is a sector of a circle, centre 𝑂, with ∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 = 30°.

The sector 𝐴𝑂𝐷 of the circle, centre 𝑂, such that 𝑂𝐷𝐶 and 𝑂𝐴𝐵 are
straight lines, is removed from the sector 𝐵𝑂𝐶 to form the region 𝑆,

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shown shaded in the diagram. Given that 𝑂𝐴 = 𝐴𝐵 and that the
perimeter of 𝑆 is 10 m, calculate, giving your answer in terms of 𝜋,
the length, in m, of 𝐴𝐵.
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Answers: 4+𝜋
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15. In Figure, 𝐴 and 𝐵 are two points on a circle with centre 𝑂.

The line 𝐴𝐶 is the tangent to the circle at 𝐴 and 𝑂𝐵𝐶 is a straight line.
𝐴𝐶 = 15 cm and ∠𝑂𝐶𝐴 = 25°.
(a) Calculate the area, in cm2 to 3 significant figures, of the circle.
The region inside triangle 𝑂𝐴𝐶 but outside the circle is shown shaded in Figure.
(b) Calculate the area, in cm2 to 3 significant figures, of this shaded region.
Answers: (a) 154 𝑐𝑚2 , (b) 24.7 𝑐𝑚2 , ,

16. The length of the minor arc AB of a circle, centre O, is 2𝜋 cm

and the length of the major arc is 22𝜋 cm. Find:

(a) the radius of the circle

(b) the acute angle AOB.

Answers: (a) 12 cm, (b) 30°

17. The lengths of the minor and major arcs of a circle are 5.2 cm

and 19.8 respectively. Find:

(a) the radius of the circle

(b) the angle subtended at the centre by the minor arc.

Answers: (a) 3.98, (b) 74.9

18. The length of an arc of a circle is 12 cm. The corresponding sector area is 108 cm2 . Find:

(a) the radius of the circle

(b) the angle subtended at the centre of the circle by the arc.

Answers: (a) 18 cm, (b) 38.2

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19. The length of an arc of a circle is 7"5 cm. The corresponding sector area is 37.5 cm2 . Find:

(a) the radius of the circle

(b) the angle subtended at the centre of the circle by the arc.

Answers: (a) 10 cm, (b) 43

20. In the diagram the arc length is 𝑙 and the sector area is 𝐴.

(a) Find 𝑙, when 𝜃 = 72° and 𝐴 = 15 cm2

(b) Find 𝑙, when 𝜃 = 135° and 𝐴 = 162 m2

(c) Find A, when 𝑙 = 11 cm and 𝑟 = 5.2 cm

Answers: (a) 6.14 cm, (b) 27.6 m, (c) 28.6 cm2

21. Find the radius of the circle:

(a) when 𝜃 = 90° and 𝐴 = 20 cm2

(b) when 𝜃 = 30° and 𝐴 = 35 cm2

(c) when 𝜃 = 150° and 𝐴 = 114 cm2

Answers: (a) 8.37 cm, (b) 54.5 cm, (c) 10.4 cm

22. A regular hexagon is circumscribed by a circle of radius 6 cm.

Find the area shaded.

Answers: 19.6 cm2

23. (a) A display notice is made by removing a sector of a circle from a larger sector.

Both sectors have an angle of 110°.

The radii of the sectors are 80 cm and 45 cm.

(i) Calculate arc length 𝐿.

(ii) Calculate the area of this display notice.

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(b) This diagram shows a display notice mathematically similar to the one in part (a).

The radius of the larger sector is 32 cm.

Calculate the area of this display notice.

Answers: (a) (i) 154, (ii) 4199 to 4200, (b) 671.8 to 672.0,

24. The diagram shows a major segment of a circle with centre 𝑂 and radius 15 cm. 𝐴 and 𝐵 are two points

on the circumference such that ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 60°.

Calculate:

(i) the area of the major segment,

(ii) the perimeter of the major segment.

Answers: (i) 687 cm2, (ii) 93.6 cm,

25. The diagram shows two circles, both with centre 𝑂.

The radius of the small circle is 3 cm and the radius of the large circle is 6 cm.

The minor sector 𝐴𝑂𝐵 has an angle of 60°.

The total area of the shaded regions is 𝑘𝜋 cm2.

Find the value of 𝑘.

Answers: 24

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