Question

the clock in our classroom has a radius of 9 inches. if its 4:00, find the arc length and area of the sector for this time.

Answer 1

6pi; 27pi

Explanation:

Since 4:00 is 120 degrees on a clock, then it is 120/360 or 1/3 of the clock. Now let’s find the arch length! Since the radius of the clock is 9, then the circumference will be 18pi. Since 1/3 of the clock is 4:00, then the arc length is 1/3 of the circumference. SO the arc length is 6pi.

Now let’s find the area of the sector. Since the radius is 9, then the area is 81pi. So 1/3 of that is 27pi.