Exercises 5

1. What is the length of the major arc AE if the area of rectangle ABCD shown in the figure below is
18sq. ft. and the side AB, which is tangent to the circle at A, measures 6 feet?

1
A E=2 xr − (2 xr)
4
1
A E=2 xr − (xr )
2
3 xr
A E=
2
37∗3
A E=
2
97
A E=
2

2. The area of a circle is 120in². What is its circumference?

A=π r 2

A=120i n2

120 i n 2=π r 2

r =6.18∈¿

c=2 π r

c=2 π ¿

c=38.83∈¿

3. The sides of a triangle are 80cm, 100cm and 140cm. Determine the radius of the inscribed circle.

triangle area √ ( 1680 ) ( 80 ) ( 60 )( 20 )

r= r=
k 160

a+b+ c
where k = r =24.49 cm
2
 80+100+140
k=
2

4. The sides of a triangle are 80cm, 100cm and 140cm. Determine the radius of the circumscribing
circle.
a=80 cm ; b=100 cm ; c=140 cm

80+100+ 140
s=
2

s=160 cm

abc
r=
4 √ s ( s−a ) ( s−b )( s−c )

1,120,00c m3
r=
4 √ (160 cm)( 80 cm)(60 cm)(20 cm)

1,120,000 c m3
r=
4 ( 3,919.18 c m2 )

r =71.44 cm

5. What is the area of a triangle ABC if AB is tangent to the circle?

angle CBA=30 °
side AC =3
3
sid e AB=
√3
3∗3 9
√3 = √ 3
2 2

6. Circle Q has radius 9cm. What is the length of the arc ST?

θ=2 α

θ=2(180 °−60 °−70 °)

 θ=100°

ST
=rsin(θ)
2

ST =2∗9∗sin ( 50 )=13.79 cm

7. Find the area of the portion of the circle in Problem 6 that is outside triangle RST if the radius is
8cm.

area of ∆ RST =area of ∆ ROS+ areaof ∆ SOT +area of ∆ TOR

1 1 1
¿ rsin (50 )∗2∗rcos (50 )+ rsin ( 60 )∗2∗cos ( 60 ) + rsin ( 70 )∗2∗cos ( 70 )
2 2 2

r
¿ ¿
2

∴ required area=191.09

8. A central angle of 136° subtends an arc of 28.5cm. What is the radius of the circle?
9. An equilateral triangle is circumscribed about a circle of radius 10√3 cm. What is the perimeter of
the triangle?
10. The angle of a sector is 30° and the radius is 15cm. What is the area of the sector in cm²?
11. Find the area of the segment of a circle whose diameter is 16cm and the central angle measures
80°.
12. Find the area of the portion of the semi-circle shown in the figure that is outside of the inscribed
triangle.

13. Determine the area of the segment of a circle if the length of the chord is 15 inches and located 5
inches from the center of the circle.
14. Find the circumference of the circle circumscribing a rectangle with sides 8 and 6 units.
15. Circle C has radius of 10cm. Each of the points B and D is on the midpoint of the radius. Find the
shaded area.
16. Given a circle whose diameter AB equals 4cm. If two points C and D lie on the circle and ∠ABC = 18°
and ∠BAD = 16°, find the length of the major arc CD.
17. Two perpendicular chords divide a circle with a radius of 13cm into four parts. If the perpendicular
distances of both chords are 5cm each from the center of the circle, find the area of the smallest
part.
18. The area of a circle is 49π in². What is the length of the side of a regular hexagon inscribed in the
circle?
19. The radius of a circle is 1,000 inches. Find the apothem of a regular pentagon inscribed in the circle.
20. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle 60cm² and the radius of the circumscribed circle is 8cm. If
the two sides of the inscribed triangle are 10cm and 12cm, respectively, find the third side.
21. Find the area of the largest circle which can be cut from a square with and edge of 8cm. What is the
area of the material wasted?
22. Three circles with centers A, B and C are externally tangent to each other as shown in the figure.
Lines EG and DG are tangent to circle C at points F and D and intersect at point G. If each circle has
a diameter of 6 inches, find the length of DG and the area enclosed by lines FG and GD and arc FD.

23.

24. A metal washer 1 ½ inches in diameter is pierced by a ¾ inch hole. What is the area of the cross
section of the washer?

25. The points C1 and C2 are centers of the two equal circles shown in the figure. If the distance
between the centers 3cm, find the shaded area.
26. The center C of the larger circle lies on another circle whose diameter coincides with the chord AB
of the larger circle. Find the area of the shaded region if length AB measures 10cm.

27. A circle has an area equal to 25 π cm². Its diameter AB with one of the sides of the triangle ACB
whose vertex C lies on the circle. If the triangle has an area equal to 11cm², find its perimeter.

28. Find the shaded area of the figure shown

29. The circle with center at C has radius r units. Angle ABC measures 15° and angle ADC measures 55°.
Find angle AOC.

30. The triangle-like figure in the diagram is formed from 6 identical closed-packed circles. If the height
of the figure is 2 feet, find the radius of each circles in inches.