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.
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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.
There are several approaches, but I chose this one:
And
So
^2\ =\ -y^2\ +\ 25)
And I leave it as an exercise for the student to verify that this leads to the conclusion that the points of intersection are ) and )
The formula for the measure of an arc of a circle is  where  is the angle subtended measured in radians. Our next challenge is to find the value of for the arc  . See figure:
By inspection,  and  , therefore 
But since the range of the  function is  , ) yields a negative angle in QIV. So the measure of the desired angle is given by:
\ +\ \pi)
And then
Since the major arc, namely  , is simply the rest of the circle,
The arithmetic, as is my habit, is left to you.
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:
Don't forget to set your calculator to radian mode, don't round anything off until you get a final answer to a calculation, and never carry a rounded answer into a subsequent calculation.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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