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Find the area of the segment of circle C shown in the diagram above.

Find the area of the segment of circle C shown in the diagram above.-example-1

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Answer:

9.78 u² . . . . . best matches selection B

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a segment is ...

A = (1/2)r²(θ-sin(θ)) . . . . . θ is the central angle in radians, r is the radius

Filling in the given values, we have ...

A = (1/2)·(6√3)²(π/3 -sin(π/3)) = 54(π/3 -√3/2) ≈ 9.7832960 u²

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Inappropriate rounding of intermediate computation values will give a different result. The value of π/3-sin(π/3) is the small difference of relatively larger numbers, so minor errors in the values of those numbers can have a great effect on the difference.

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