Area of a sector of a circle - class-X
area of a sector of a circle
Questions
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Area of a sector of angle $\theta$ (in degrees) of a circle with radius R is
- $\dfrac {\theta}{180}\times 2\pi R$
- $\dfrac {\theta}{180}\times \pi R^{2}$
- $\dfrac {\theta}{3600}\times 2\pi R$
- $\dfrac {\theta}{720}\times 2\pi R^{2}$
If the angle subtended by the arc of a sector at the center is $90$ degrees, then the area of the sector in square units is
- $2\pi r^2$
- $4\pi r^2$
- $\dfrac{\pi r^2}{4}$
- $\dfrac{\pi r^2}{2}$
The perimeter of a sector of a circle is $56$ cms and the area of the circle is $64\pi$ sq. cms Find the area of sector.
- $360cm^2$
- $160cm^2$
- $260cm^2$
- None of these
In a circle with radius $5.7\ cm$, the perimeter of a sector is $27.2\ cm$. Find the area of this sector.
- $97.52cm^2$
- $57.52cm^2$
- $77.52cm^2$
- $87.52cm^2$
The angle of sector with area equal to one fifth of total area of whole circle
- 72
- 80
- 60
- 45
A horse is tied to a pole fixed at one corner of a $50 m \times 50 m$ square field of grass by means of a $20 m$ long rope. What is the area to the nearest whole number of that part of the field which the horse can graze?
- $1256 m^{2}$
- $942 m^{2}$
- $628 m^{2}$
- $314 m^{2}$
The area of a sector of a circle of radius 16 cm cut off by an arc which is 18.5 cm long is
- $168\, cm^2$
- $148\, cm^2$
- $154\, cm^2$
- $176\, cm^2$
The area of a sector is 1/18th of the area of the circle The sectorial angle is
- $\displaystyle 18^{\circ} $
- $\displaystyle 36^{\circ} $
- $\displaystyle 10^{\circ} $
- $\displaystyle 20^{\circ} $
The minute hand of a clock is $\displaystyle \sqrt{21}$ cm long. The area described by the minute hand on the face of the clock between $7$ am and $7.05$ am is
- $5.5$ $\displaystyle cm^{2}$
- $22$ $\displaystyle cm^{2}$
- $11$ $\displaystyle cm^{2}$
- None of these
A circular disc of radius 10 cm is divided into sectors with angles $ \displaystyle 120^{\circ} $ and $ \displaystyle 150^{\circ} $ then the ratio of the areas of two sectors is
- 4 : 5
- 5 : 4
- 2 : 1
- 8 : 7
Given, $\displaystyle A = \frac{S}{360}\times \pi r^2$
$A$ is the area of setor, $ S$ is the angle measure in degrees of the sector and $r$ is the radius of the circle. Find $r$ in terms of $A$ and $S$.
- $r=\dfrac{360A\pi}{S}$
- $r=\dfrac{360A}{S\pi}$
- $r=\sqrt{\dfrac{360A\pi}{S}}$
- $r=\sqrt{\dfrac{360A}{S\pi}}$
What is the area of the sector of a circle, whose radius is $6\ m$ when the angle at the centre is $42^{\circ}$?
- $13.2\ m^{2}$
- $14.2\ m^{2}$
- $13.4\ m^{2}$
- $14.4\ m^{2}$
Area of a sector having radius 12 cm and arc length 21 cm is
- 126 $cm^2$
- 252 $cm^2$
- 33 $cm^2$
- 45 $cm^2$
If the area and arc length of the sector of a circle are 60 $cm^2$ and 20 cm respectively, then the diameter of the circle is
- 6 cm
- 12 cm
- 24 cm
- 36 cm
The perimeter of a sector of a circle is 37cm. If its radius is 7cm, then its arc length is
- 23 cm
- 5.29 cm
- 32 cm
- 259 cm
The length of a minute hand of a wall clock is $8.4\ cm$. Find the area swept by it in half an hour.
- $100\ cm^{2}$
- $110.88\ cm^{2}$
- $120\ cm^{2}$
- $130\ cm^{2}$
The area of a sector of angle p (in degrees) of a circle with radius R is
- $\displaystyle \frac{p}{360} \times 2 \pi R$
- $\displaystyle \frac{p}{180}\times \pi R^2$
- $\displaystyle \frac{p}{720} \times 2 \pi R$
- $\displaystyle \frac{p}{720} \times 2 \pi R^2$
Find the area of sector whose length is $30\ \pi$ cm and angles of the sector is $40^o$.
- $2125\ \pi $ sq. cm
- $2225\ \pi $ sq. cm
- $2025\ \pi $ sq. cm
- $2200\ \pi $ sq. cm
The crescent shaded in the diagram, is like that found on many flags. $PSR$ is an arc of a circle, centre $O$ and radius $24.0$ cm. Angle POR $=$ $48.2^{\circ}$.
$PQR$ is a semicircle on $PR$ as diameter, where $PR$ $=$ $19.6$ cm
$[\pi = 3.14] [\cos 24.1 = 0.91]$
- $116.4$ cm$^2$
- $123.4$ cm$^2$
- $112.2$ cm$^2$
- $23.4$ cm$^2$
If the area of a sector of a circle is $\dfrac{5}{18}$th of the area of that circle, then the central angle of the sector is 100. Is it true or false?
- True
- False
An arc AB of a circle subtends an angle x radians at the centre O of the circle. Given that the area of the sector AOB is equal to the square of the length of the arc AB, then the value of x?
- $\dfrac{1}{3}$
- $\dfrac{1}{4}$
- $\dfrac{1}{5}$
- $\dfrac{1}{2}$
A wire of length $20\ cm$ can be bent $n$ the form of a sector then its maximum area is
- $15\ sq.cm$
- $25\ sq.cm$
- $5\ sq.cm$
- $none$
ABC is a right angel triangle right angled at vertex A. A circle is drawn to touch sides AB and AC at points P and Q respectively such that other end points of diameters passing through P and Q lie on side BC. If AB = 6. then the area of circular sector which lies outside the triangle is :
- $\pi -2$
- $\pi -3$
- 4
- $\pi +2$
The area of the sector of circle ${x}^{2}+{y}^{2}=16$ and the line $y=x$ in the first quadrant is
- $8\pi sq.units$
- $\pi sq.units$
- $4\pi sq.units$
- $2\pi sq.units$
The area of a sector whose perimeter is four times its radius (r units)is
- $\sqrt{r}\,sq.\,units$
- ${r}^{4}\,sq.\,units$
- ${r}^{2}\,sq.\,units$
- $\displaystyle \frac {{r}^{2}}{r}\,sq.\,units$
- $12.83 \,cm^2$
- $11.83 \,cm^2$
- $12.25 \,cm^2$
- None of these
The radius of a circle is $7 cm$, then area of the sector of this circle if the corresponding angle is:$210^{\circ}$ is
- $88.83 \,cm^2$
- $87.83 \,cm^2$
- $89.83 \,cm^2$
- $86.83 \,cm^2$
The area of a circle is 314 sq. cm and area of its minor sector is 31.4 sq. cm. Find the area of its major sector.
- 282.6c$m^2$
- 200.6c$m^2$
- 180.04c$m^2$
- 1220.09c$m^2$
The radius of a circle is $3.5$ cm and area of the sector is $3.85$ $cm^2$. Find the length of the corresponding arc.
- $2.2cm$
- $4.2cm$
- $5.1cm$
- $6.2cm$
The minute hand of a clock is $8: cm$ long. Find the area swept by the minute hand between $8.30: a.m.$ and $9.05: a.m.$
- $\displaystyle 117\frac{1}{3}\:cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 107\frac{1}{3}\:cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 217\frac{1}{3}\:cm^{2}$
- None of these
The area of the sector of a circle whose radius is 6 m when the angle at the centre is $\displaystyle 42^{\circ}$ is
- $\displaystyle 13.2\:m^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 14.2\:m^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 13.4\:m^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 14.4\:m^{2}$
The area of a sector of a circle of radius $16$ cm cut off by an arc which is $18.5$ cm long is
- $168$ cm$\displaystyle ^{2}$
- $148$ cm$\displaystyle ^{2}$
- $154$ cm$\displaystyle ^{2}$
- $176$ cm$\displaystyle ^{2}$
A sector of $120^{\circ}$ cut out from a circle has an area of $9\displaystyle \frac {3}{7}$ sq cm. The radius of the circle is
- $3$ cm
- $2.5$ cm
- $3.5$ cm
- $3.6$ cm
The area of the sector of a circle, whose radius is $6$ m when the angle at the centre is $42^0$, is
- $13.2$ sq. m
- $14.2$ sq. m
- $13.4$ sq.m
- $14.4$ sq. m
A sector of $120^{\circ}$ cut out from a circle has an area of $9\displaystyle \frac{3}{7}$sq cm. The radius of the circle is
- $3 cm$
- $2.5 cm$
- $3.5 cm$
- $3.6 cm$
The minute hand of a clock is $10$ cm long. Find the area of the face of the clock described by the minute hand between $9$A.M and $9.35$A.M.
- $90.165cm^2$
- $112.6cm^2$
- $156.4cm^2$
- $183.3cm^2$
The minute hand of a clock is 7 cm long Find the area traced out by the minute hand of the clock between 6 pm to 6:30 pm
- $\displaystyle 14.4cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 15.4cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 7.2cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle 6.42cm^{2}$
A chord of a circle of radius 6 cm subtends an angle of $\displaystyle 60^{\circ}$ at the centre of the circle. The area of the minor segment is
(use $\displaystyle \pi =3.14$)
- 6.54 $\displaystyle cm^{2}$
- 0.327 $\displaystyle cm^{2}$
- 7.25 $\displaystyle cm^{2}$
- 3.27 $\displaystyle cm^{2}$
The area of a sector with perimeter as $45\ cm$ and radius as $6 \ cm$ is
- $44$ $ \displaystyle cm^{2} $
- $66$ $ \displaystyle cm^{2} $
- $88$ $ \displaystyle cm^{2} $
- $99$ $ \displaystyle cm^{2} $
Arc of a sector is equal to-
- Length of arc $\times$ radius
- $ \displaystyle \frac{sector angle}{360^{\circ}}\times circumference of circle $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{sector angle}{360^{\circ}}\times (area of circle) $
- None of these
Find the area of a sector in radians whose central angle is $45^o$ and radius is $2$.
- $\dfrac{\pi}{3}$
- $\dfrac{\pi}{4}$
- $\dfrac{\pi}{2}$
- $\dfrac{\pi}{6}$
Find the area of a sector with an arc length of $20 cm$ and a radius of $6 cm$.
- $20$ $cm^2$
- $40$ $cm^2$
- $60$ $cm^2$
- $80$ $cm^2$
The area of a sector with a radius of $2 cm$ is $12 $$cm^2$. Calculate the angle of the sector.
- $360^o$
- $160^o$
- $90^o$
- $180^o$
What is the area of a sector with a central angle of $100$ degrees and a radius of $5$? (Use $\pi = 3.14$)
- $21.80$
- $11.56$
- $12.46$
- $15.75$
The area of a sector is $120\pi$ and the arc measure is $160^o$. What is the radius of the circle?
- $16.43$
- $11.43$
- $12.23$
- $10.43$
Points $A$ and $B$ lie on circle $O$ (not shown). $AO=3$ and $\angle AOB ={120}^{o}$. Find the area of minor sector $AOB$.
- $\dfrac{\pi}{3}$
- $\pi$
- $3 \pi$
- $9 \pi$
The minute hand of a clock is $7\ cm$ long. Find the area traced by it on the clock face between $4{:}15$ p.m. and $4{:}35$ p.m.
- $59\ cm^{2}$
- $65\ cm^{2}$
- $51.3\ cm^{2}$
- $45\ cm^{2}$
Consider a circle with unit radius. There are seven adjacent sectors, $S _{1}, S _{2}, S _{3} ...S _{7}$, in the circle such that their total area is $\dfrac {1}{8}$ of the area of the circle. Further, the area of the $j^{th}$ sector is twice that of the $(j - i)^{th}$ sector, for $j = 2, .... 7$. Find the area of the sector $S _{1}$
- $\dfrac {\pi}{1016}$
- $\dfrac {\pi}{986}$
- $\dfrac {\pi}{116}$
- None
Find the area of a sector of a circle of radius $28$cm and central angle $45^0$.
- $616 cm^{2}$
- $308 cm^{2}$
- $508 cm^{2}$
- $154 cm^{2}$
If a sector of a circle of diameter 21 cm subtends an angle of $120^{\circ}$ at the centre, then what is its area ?
- $115.5 \ cm^2$.
- $84 \ cm^2$.
- $85.5 \ cm^2$.
- $78 \ cm^2$.
To warn ships for underwater rocks, a lighthouse spreads a red coloured light over a sector of angle $80^{\circ}$ to a distance of 16.5 km. The area of the sea over which the ships are warned is 190 $km^2$ (app.).
- True
- False
- Nither
- Either
If the sector of a circle of diameter $14 cm$ subtends an angle of $30^{\circ}$ at the centre, then its area is
- $49 \pi$
- $\displaystyle \frac{49 \pi}{12}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{242}{3\pi}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{121}{3\pi}$
A circular disc of radius 10 cm is divided into sectors with angles $120^{\circ}$ and $150^{\circ}$ then the ratio of the area of two sectors is
- 4 : 5
- 5 : 4
- 2 : 1
- 8 : 7
The area of a sector of a circle of angle $\displaystyle 60^{\circ}$ is $\displaystyle \frac{66}{7}cm^{2}$ then the area of the corresponding major sector is
- $\displaystyle 14cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{55}{7}cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{110}{7}cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{330}{7}cm^2$
A Car has two wipers which do not cover mutual area. Length of each wiper is 25 cms and it makes angle of $\displaystyle 115^{\circ}$ while cleaning. The area of cleaning by the wiper in one movement will be-
- $\displaystyle \frac{152815}{126}cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{185125}{128}cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{215815}{126}cm^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{158125}{126}cm^{2}$