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What is the difference between a sector and a segment in a circle?


Ravindra Pindel 9th Jul, 2020
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Ravindra Pindel 9th Jul, 2020
SectorSegment

A sector includes a central angle and two radii.

A segment includes a chord and its corresponding arc.

A sector looks like a pizza slice or wedge.

It is crescent-shaped.

Centre of a circle is included in a sector.

Centre of a circle is not necessarily included in a segment.

$\frac{θ}{360°}×πr^2$, where θ= central angle and r= radius

Segment Area
= Sector Area - The Area of the corresponding triangle
= $\frac{θ}{360°}×πr^2-(\frac12×r^2\sin⁡θ)$ 

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