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Precalculus

Worksheet

Angles, Arcs, Triangles, Sectors

Arc Length (S = arc length, r = radius, = angle measure)

s r , provided is in radians

Angle Circumference
s

(2 r ) = r 2
Complete rotation

s=

180

( r ) , if is in degrees

Angle Circumference

360

(2 r ) =

r
180

Complete rotation

Area of a Sector
A

r2

2 Angle

rs , provided is in radians. 2

Area of the circle

A

Length of arc

r 2 r (r ) rs r2 2 2 2 2
Complete rotation

360

r 2 , provided is in degrees.

Angle Area of the Circle

360

r
2

Complete rotation

1. A sector of a circle has an arc length of 11 cm and a central angle of 2.2 radians. Find its radius and area.

2. A sector of a circle has an area of 25 cm2 and a central angle of 0.5 radians. Find its radius and arc length.

3. A sector of a circle has a central angle of 30 degrees and an arc length of 3 cm. Find its area to the nearest square cm.

4. A sector of a circle has a perimeter of 7 and an area of 3 cm2. Find all possible radii.

5. A sector of a circle has a perimeter of 12 cm and an area of 8 cm2. Find all possible radii.

6. To make a clay vase, an artist uses a potters wheel that has a diameter of 13 inches and spins at 120 rpm. Find the approximate distance traveled in 1 minute by a point on the outer edge of the wheel.

7. A goat is tethered to a post along side a barn 10 m wide and 30 m long. If the post is 10 m from a corner of the barn and if the rope is 30 m long, find the goats total grazing area to the nearest square meter.

8. A sector of a circle has a perimeter of 20 cm. 20 a. Show that 2 and that the area of the sector is A 10r r 2 . r b. What value of r gives the maximum possible area of the sector, given that the perimeter was 20 cm?

c. What is the measure of the central angle of the sector of maximum area?

9. Memphis is due north of New Orleans. The latitude of Memphis is 35 6 N and the latitude of New Orleans is 30 N. About how far apart are the two cities? (The radius of the earth is approximately 3960 miles.) 10. Beijing, China, is due north of Perth, Australia. The latitude of Beijing is 39 55 N and the latitude of Perth is 31 58 S. About how far apart are the two cities?

11. A belt is driven by two wheels. One wheel has a radius of 8 inches and the other has a radius of 6 inches. The belt is moving at 12 inches/sec. How fast is each of the wheels turning in revolutions per minute?

12. Using the same diagram as in # 11 consider that you know that the small wheel is turning at 450 rev/min and has a 6 inch radius. If the larger wheel has an 8-inch radius, how fast is the large wheel turning in revolutions per minute?

13. From points A and B, 10 m apart, the angles of elevation from the ground to the top of the tower are 40 and 54 respectively, as shown below. Find the towers height. (Hint: Write two equations with the unknowns x and h.)

__________________________ A B 14. Two circles with radii 2 and 3 and centers P and Q, respectively, are externally tangent. From P,
____
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tangents PR and PS are drawn to the larger circle. a. Find the measures of angles RPS and RQS to the nearest hundredth of a radian. b. Find the area of the region inside Quadrilateral RPQS and outside both circles.

Q P

15. In the diagram below, AC is tangent to a semicircle with a radius OA = 12 cm. If the measure of angle ADC is 28 degrees, find to the nearest square centimeter, the area of the region that is inside triangle ADC and outside the circle.
C