Showing posts with label Circle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Circle. Show all posts

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Arc of a Circle


Introduction:

Arc refers to a part of a circle or a curve. In case of the circle, it contains minor arc and major arc. The arc length of minor is the multiplication of circumference of a circle and fraction of an angle`theta`, (`theta` /360).

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Arc Length of a Circle

Arc length of a circle:
In the above figure shows the description of arc length of a circle.

The length of an arc of a circle can be represented with the radius r and an angle ? at the center of the circle.

That is, L/circumference = ? / (2p)

Here we can substitute the circumference formula and then we get,

L/ (2pr) = ? / (2p)

Using cross multiplication, we get the following

L= r?

Substitute the value of ?= (`theta` p) / 180

Therefore, the length of a circle,

L= (`theta` p r) /180

Arc Area and Arc Segment Area of Circle

Arc Area:     
In the above figure shows the description of arc of the circle.

In the above circle  AB is called minor arc and major arc as indicated. If A and B are end points of a diameter then it is named as semicircle.

The area between the center and an arc of a circle is:

A=1/2(r2?)

A/ (pr2) =?/2 p

We can get rid of a p on both sides:

A/r2=?/2

And then, by multiplying both sides by r2, we get the Final Formula

A=1/2(r2?)

Arc Segment Area:

The area of the shape restricted by the arc and a straight line between the given two end points is

((1/2) r2 (?-sin?))

To get the area of segment area we can subtract the values of arc area of triangle and the sine value of center of circle.

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