Chapter 4: Circular measure
EXERCISE 4C
1 Find, in terms of π, the area of a sector of:
π 2π
a radius 12 cm and angle radians b radius 10 cm and angle radians
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2π 4π
c radius 4.5 cm and angle radians d radius 9 cm and angle radians.
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2 Find the area of a sector of:
a radius 34 cm and angle 1.5 radian b radius 2.6 cm and angle 0.9 radians.
3 Find, in radians, the angle of a sector of:
a radius 4 cm and area 9 cm 2 b radius 6 cm and area 27 cm 2 .
4 AOB is a sector of a circle, centre O, with radius 8 cm.
The length of arc AB is 10 cm. Find:
a angle AOB, in radians b the area of the sector AOB.
5 The diagram shows a sector, POQ, of a circle, centre O, with radius Q
4 cm. The length of arc PQ is 7 cm. The lines PX and QX are
4 cm
tangents to the circle at P and Q, respectively.
a Find angle POQ, in radians. O X
b Find the length of PX . 109
c Find the area of the shaded region. P
6 The diagram shows a sector, POR, of a circle, centre O, with radius 8 cm R Q
π
and sector angle radians. The lines OR and QR are perpendicular
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and OPQ is a straight line. 8 cm
π P
Find the exact area of the shaded region. 3
O
7 The diagram shows a sector, AOB, of a circle, centre O, with radius
π B
5 cm and sector angle radians. The lines AP and BP are tangents
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P
to the circle at A and B, respectively.
a Find the exact length of AP.
π
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b Find the exact area of the shaded region.
O 5 cm A
PS 8 The diagram shows three touching circles with radii 6 cm, 4 cm and 2 cm.
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2
Find the area of the shaded region.
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4
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9 The diagram shows a semicircle, centre O, with radius 8 cm.
F
FH is the arc of a circle, centre E. Find the area of:
a triangle EOF b sector FOG
2 rad
c sector FEH d the shaded region.
E O H G
10 The diagram shows a sector, EOG, of a circle, centre O, with radius r cm. O
The line GF is a tangent to the circle at G, and E is the midpoint of OF .
E
a The perimeter of the shaded region is P cm. r cm
r
Show that P = (3 + 3 3 + π ).
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F
b The area of the shaded region is A cm 2. G
r2
Show that A = (3 3 − π ).
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11 The diagram shows two circles with radius r cm.
The centre of each circle lies on the circumference of the other circle.
Find, in terms of r, the exact area of the shaded region.
PS 12 The diagram shows a square of side length 10 cm.
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A quarter circle, of radius 10 cm, is drawn from each vertex of the square.
Find the exact area of the shaded region.
PS 13 The diagram shows a circle with radius 1cm, centre O.
Triangle AOB is right angled and its hypotenuse AB is a tangent to the circle at P.
O
Angle BAO = x radians.
a Find an expression for the length of AB in terms of tan x.
x
b Find the value of x for which the two shaded areas are equal.
A P B
P 14 The diagram shows a sector, AOB, of a circle, centre O, with radius R cm and B
π
sector angle radians.
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An inner circle of radius r cm touches the three sides of the sector.
a Show that R = 3r.
area of inner circle 2 π
b Show that = . 3
area of sector 3 O A