document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=298989>Question 298989</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am a Mom I can not figure out how to do the area of a sector of a circle I have a central angle of 140 and a radius of 6 in and I know the answer is 43.96 but I can not do the math to make it come out to 43 so I can't explain to my child how to do this...so frustrated please help me </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #214978 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=214978\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Area of a circle is pi*r^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.14 is pi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what part of the circle do we want? 140/360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(36*3.14)*140/360=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36/360=1/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "140/10=14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.14*14=43.96 </SPAN>\n" );
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