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Find the area of the sector of a circle that has a central angle of \Pi radians and a radius of 0.7 in.Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.The area is ___ in^2

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In order to find the area of the sector, let's consider the formula for the area of a circle:


A=\pi r^2

The complete circle is equivalent to a sector with central angle 2pi. Knowing this, we can write the following rule of three:


\begin{gathered} central\text{ }angle\rightarrow area \\ 2\pi\rightarrow\pi r^2 \\ \pi\rightarrow x \end{gathered}

Now, we can write the following proportion and solve it for x:


\begin{gathered} (2\pi)/(\pi)=(\pi r^2)/(x)\\ \\ 2x=\pi r^2\\ \\ x=(\pi r^2)/(2)=(\pi\cdot0.7^2)/(2)=0.77\text{ in^^b2} \end{gathered}

Therefore the area is 0.77 in².

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