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5-8 Area of Circles, Sectors, and Segments

Area of a Circle: Pi times radius squared

Area of a Sector: x over 360=pi times radius squared

Area of a Segment: Area of a Sector-Area of a Triangle; x over 360-pi times radius squared - 1/2(b)(h).

Problem 5-8

What is the area of a circle? A- Pi times radius squared

B- 1/2(major arc+ minor arc) times height

C- The entire radius times the diameter.