The problem is to find the area of the minor segment of a circle. The central angle of the segment is $60^{\circ}$, and the radius of the circle is $22$ cm.

GeometryAreaCircleSegmentSectorTriangleTrigonometry
2025/4/26

1. Problem Description

The problem is to find the area of the minor segment of a circle. The central angle of the segment is 6060^{\circ}, and the radius of the circle is 2222 cm.

2. Solution Steps

The area of the minor segment can be found by subtracting the area of the triangle formed by the radii and the chord from the area of the sector.
First, calculate the area of the sector. The area of a sector is given by the formula:
Asector=θ360πr2A_{sector} = \frac{\theta}{360} \pi r^2, where θ\theta is the central angle in degrees and rr is the radius of the circle.
In this case, θ=60\theta = 60^{\circ} and r=22r = 22 cm. Therefore,
Asector=60360π(22)2=16π(484)=484π6=242π3A_{sector} = \frac{60}{360} \pi (22)^2 = \frac{1}{6} \pi (484) = \frac{484\pi}{6} = \frac{242\pi}{3} cm2^2.
Next, calculate the area of the triangle. Since the two sides of the triangle are radii, the triangle is an isosceles triangle. The area of a triangle can be calculated using the formula A=12absinCA = \frac{1}{2}ab\sin C, where aa and bb are the lengths of two sides and CC is the angle between them.
In this case, a=22a = 22 cm, b=22b = 22 cm, and C=60C = 60^{\circ}. Therefore,
Atriangle=12(22)(22)sin(60)=12(484)32=24232=1213A_{triangle} = \frac{1}{2}(22)(22)\sin(60^{\circ}) = \frac{1}{2}(484) \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} = 242 \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} = 121\sqrt{3} cm2^2.
Now, subtract the area of the triangle from the area of the sector to find the area of the minor segment.
Asegment=AsectorAtriangle=242π31213=242π36333A_{segment} = A_{sector} - A_{triangle} = \frac{242\pi}{3} - 121\sqrt{3} = \frac{242\pi - 363\sqrt{3}}{3}
Asegment242(3.1416)363(1.732)3=760.2672628.9163=131.3512343.78A_{segment} \approx \frac{242(3.1416) - 363(1.732)}{3} = \frac{760.2672 - 628.916}{3} = \frac{131.3512}{3} \approx 43.78 cm2^2
We have Asegment=242π31213=121(2π33)A_{segment} = \frac{242\pi}{3} - 121\sqrt{3} = 121(\frac{2\pi}{3} - \sqrt{3}). Using π=3.1416\pi = 3.1416 and 3=1.732\sqrt{3} = 1.732, we have
Asegment=121(2(3.1416)31.732)=121(6.283231.732)=121(2.09441.732)=121(0.3624)=43.8504A_{segment} = 121 (\frac{2(3.1416)}{3} - 1.732) = 121 (\frac{6.2832}{3} - 1.732) = 121(2.0944 - 1.732) = 121(0.3624) = 43.8504 cm2^2.

3. Final Answer

The area of the minor segment is approximately 43.85 cm2^2.
Asegment=242π31213A_{segment} = \frac{242\pi}{3} - 121\sqrt{3} cm2^2
Asegment=121(2π33)A_{segment} = 121(\frac{2\pi}{3} - \sqrt{3}) cm2^2
Asegment43.85A_{segment} \approx 43.85 cm2^2

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