SOLUTION: A circular pizza box logo has a sector with a central angle of 40 degrees and a diameter of 25 inches. Find the area of this sector. Please help! I've tried this over and over a

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Question 641336: A circular pizza box logo has a sector with a central angle of 40 degrees and a diameter of 25 inches. Find the area of this sector.
Please help! I've tried this over and over again and I can't seem to figure it out!

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, MathTherapy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A circular pizza box logo has a sector with a central angle of 40 degrees and a diameter of 25 inches. Find the area of this sector.
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r = d/2 = 12.5 inches
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Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A circular pizza box logo has a sector with a central angle of 40 degrees and a diameter of 25 inches. Find the area of this sector.
Please help! I've tried this over and over again and I can't seem to figure it out!

Area of sector = , with n being the central angle's size, and r, radius

Since n = , and r = , or 12.5 inches, we get:





A, or area of sector = 54.54154 ≈ sq inches

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