document.write( "Question 1158596: The line x+2y = 5 divides the circle x2 +y2 = 25 into two arcs. Calculate their lengths. The interior of the circle is divided into two regions by the line. Calculate their areas. Give three significant digits for your answers. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The first thing that you must accomplish is to find the coordinates of the two points of intersection between the given circle and the given secant line.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But since the range of the function is , yields a negative angle in QIV. So the measure of the desired angle is given by:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Given the above solution to the arc length part of the problem, you should be able to solve the area part by use of the formula for the area of a circle, which I expect that you already know, and the formula for the area of a sector which is:\r
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