document.write( "Question 1131926: Prove that the area of the minor segment cut off from a circle of radius r cm by a chord c cm from the centre of the circle is given by
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Algebra.Com's Answer #748695 by Edwin McCravy(20063) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( " and the inverse cosine is multiplied by  \r\n" );
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