How do you find the area of a 120° sector of a circle whose radius is 6?

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Jim G.
May 25, 2018

"area "=12pi" units"^2~~37.7" to 1 dec. place"

Explanation:

"calculate the area of the sector using"

"area of sector "="area of circle "xx" fraction of circle"

color(white)(xxxxxxxxxx)=pir^2xx120/360

color(white)(xxxxxxxxxx)=pixx6^2xx1/3

color(white)(xxxxxxxxxx)=36pixx1/3=12pi~~37.7

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