SOLUTION: how to find the area of sectors

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Question 414322: how to find the area of sectors
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I guess you need to find the area of sectors of circle...
sectors of circle are similar to "pizza pie slices" of a circle...:-)...
the area of semi-circle....(half of circle = half of area)


the area of quarter-circle.....(1/4 of circle = 1/4 of area)

the area of any sector.........(fractional part of the area)

..........where is the number of degrees in the central angle of the sector


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