1. Sector Area and Arc Length
Notes 11.3
Sector Area and Arc Length

2. Sector of a Circle

3. Example
Find the area of each sector. Give your answer in terms of  and rounded to the nearest hundredth.
sector ACB
Use formula for area of sector.
Substitute 1 for r and 90 for m.
= 0.25 m2  0.79 m2
Simplify.

4. A segment of a circle is a region bounded by an arc and its chord.

5. In the same way that the area of a sector is a fraction of the area of the circle, the length of an arc is a fraction of the circumference of the circle.