ECZ 2018 · GCE Paper 1 — Mensuration

The diagram below shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius 7 cm. The area of the sector is 25⅔ cm2. [π = 227] Calculate AÔB.

Diagram for ECZ 2018 · GCE Paper 1
  • A. 30°
  • B. 120°
  • C. 60°
  • D. 45°

Verified working — step 1

A sector with centre angle θ is θ/360 of the full circle - and turning 25⅔ into the improper fraction 773 makes the algebra clean.

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