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Area of a sector

area of a circle: π x r2
What if we want to calculate the area of a sector? (slice of the
pizza)

We need:
angle of the sector
radius

angle x π x r2
formula:
360
angle x π x r2
formula:
360

80 x π x 62

360
square the radius

6 80 x π x 36
360
multiply

28800 x π

360
divide

80 x π
multiply
251.2
angle x π x r2
Did you get it? formula:
360
MWB activity! angle x π x r2
formula:
360

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