SOLUTION: A chord of length 1 cm divides a circle of radius 0.7 cm into two segments. find the area of each segment my results were 0.390cm^2 for the minor segment and 1.15cm^2 for the ma

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Question 827320: A chord of length 1 cm divides a circle of radius 0.7 cm into two segments. find the area of each segment
my results were 0.390cm^2 for the minor segment and 1.15cm^2 for the major one,, however the final answers in the book are 1.45cm^2 and 13.9cm^2
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A chord of length 1 cm divides a circle of radius 0.7 cm into two segments. find the area of each segment
my results were 0.390cm^2 for the minor segment and 1.15cm^2 for the major one,, however the final answers in the book are 1.45cm^2 and 13.9cm^2
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The book has to be wrong.
the total area of the circle = pi%2A.7%5E2 = 1.54 sq/cm
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Adding your two areas: .39 + 1.15 = 1.54, the total area of the circle
Looks like your answers are right.