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Area of the shaded segment of a circle. radius is 10 arc measures 90 degrees

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Answer:


25\pi or about 78.54 units

Explanation:

Since the arc measures 90 degrees, since 90/360=1/4 the segment is 1/4 of the area of the circle. The whole area of the circle is
\pi 10^2=100\pi, meaning that the area of the segment is
25\pi square units, or about 78.54. Hope this helps!

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