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SAI International School
CLASS - X
Mathematics
CHAPTER-11: Area related of circles-1 Lesson Notes-1
SUBTOPIC : Area Of Sector, Length of an arc.
Sector- The part of the circular region enclosed by two radii and the corresponding arc
of the circle, by joining the centre to the endpoints of the arc is called a Sector.
It is a portion of the circle formed by a portion of the circumference (arc) and radii of
the circle at both endpoints of the arc. The shape of a sector of a circle can be
compared with a slice of pizza or a pie.
The sector is basically a portion of a circle which could be defined based on these three
points mentioned below:
• A circular sector is the portion of a disk enclosed by two radii and an arc.
• A sector divides the circle into two regions namely Major and Minor Sector.
• The smaller area is known as the Minor Sector whereas the region having
Greater area is known as Major Sector.
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