SOLUTION: Calculate the area of a sector of a circle with radius 4 km that subtends an angle (5pi/8) Enter your answer in square kilometers?

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Question 970128: Calculate the area of a sector of a circle with radius 4 km that subtends an angle (5pi/8) Enter your answer in square kilometers?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Calculate the area of a sector of a circle with radius 4 km that subtends an angle (5pi/8) Enter your answer in square kilometers?
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Area of the circle:: pi*4^2 = 16pi
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Proportion::
sector area/(5pi/8) = circle area/2pi
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sector area [5pi/8][16pi/2pi]
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Ans:: 5 km^2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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