Calculating the angle of a sector - GMAT Quantitative

Here we need to recall the total degree measure of a circle. A circle always has exactly degrees.

Knowing this, we need to utilize two other clues to find the degree measure of .

1. Angle measures degrees, because it is made up of line segment , which is a straight line.

2. Angle can be found by using the following equation. Because we are given the fractional value of its area, we can construct a ratio to solve for angle :

So, to find angle , we just need to subtract our other values from :

So, .

Call the length of a side of Square B . Its perimeter is , which is the radius of Circle A.

The area of the circle is ; that of the square is . Therefore, a sector of the circle with area will be of the circle, which is a sector of measure

This is the kind of question we can't get right if we don't know the trick. In a circle, the size of an angle at the center of the circle, formed by two segments intercepting an arc, is twice the size of the angle formed by two lines intercepting the same arc, provided one of these lines is the diameter of the circle. in other words, is twice .

Thus,

We can see that the points devide the of the circle in 5 equal portions.

The final answer is given simply by which is , this is the angle of a slice of a pizza cut in 5 parts if you will!

As we have seen previously, the 6 points divide the of the circle in 6 portion of same angle. Each portion form an angle of or 60 degrees. As we also have previously seen, the angle formed by the lines intercepting an arc is twice more at the center of the circle than at the intersection of the lines intercepting the same arc with the circle, provided one of these lines is the diameter. In other words, . Since is 60 degrees, than, must be 30 degrees, this is our final answer.

, so, by the Multiplication Property of Inequality,

.

The degree measure of an arc is twice that of the inscribed angle that intercepts it, so the above can be rewritten as

.

Here we need to recall the total degree measure of a circle. A circle always has exactly degrees.

Knowing this, we need to utilize two other clues to find the degree measure of .

1. Angle measures degrees, because it is made up of line segment , which is a straight line.

2. Angle can be found by using the following equation. Because we are given the fractional value of its area, we can construct a ratio to solve for angle :

So, to find angle , we just need to subtract our other values from :

So, .

Call the length of a side of Square B . Its perimeter is , which is the radius of Circle A.

The area of the circle is ; that of the square is . Therefore, a sector of the circle with area will be of the circle, which is a sector of measure

This is the kind of question we can't get right if we don't know the trick. In a circle, the size of an angle at the center of the circle, formed by two segments intercepting an arc, is twice the size of the angle formed by two lines intercepting the same arc, provided one of these lines is the diameter of the circle. in other words, is twice .

Thus,

We can see that the points devide the of the circle in 5 equal portions.

The final answer is given simply by which is , this is the angle of a slice of a pizza cut in 5 parts if you will!

As we have seen previously, the 6 points divide the of the circle in 6 portion of same angle. Each portion form an angle of or 60 degrees. As we also have previously seen, the angle formed by the lines intercepting an arc is twice more at the center of the circle than at the intersection of the lines intercepting the same arc with the circle, provided one of these lines is the diameter. In other words, . Since is 60 degrees, than, must be 30 degrees, this is our final answer.

, so, by the Multiplication Property of Inequality,

.

The degree measure of an arc is twice that of the inscribed angle that intercepts it, so the above can be rewritten as

.

Here we need to recall the total degree measure of a circle. A circle always has exactly degrees.

Knowing this, we need to utilize two other clues to find the degree measure of .

1. Angle measures degrees, because it is made up of line segment , which is a straight line.

2. Angle can be found by using the following equation. Because we are given the fractional value of its area, we can construct a ratio to solve for angle :

So, to find angle , we just need to subtract our other values from :

So, .

Call the length of a side of Square B . Its perimeter is , which is the radius of Circle A.

The area of the circle is ; that of the square is . Therefore, a sector of the circle with area will be of the circle, which is a sector of measure

This is the kind of question we can't get right if we don't know the trick. In a circle, the size of an angle at the center of the circle, formed by two segments intercepting an arc, is twice the size of the angle formed by two lines intercepting the same arc, provided one of these lines is the diameter of the circle. in other words, is twice .

Thus,

We can see that the points devide the of the circle in 5 equal portions.

The final answer is given simply by which is , this is the angle of a slice of a pizza cut in 5 parts if you will!

As we have seen previously, the 6 points divide the of the circle in 6 portion of same angle. Each portion form an angle of or 60 degrees. As we also have previously seen, the angle formed by the lines intercepting an arc is twice more at the center of the circle than at the intersection of the lines intercepting the same arc with the circle, provided one of these lines is the diameter. In other words, . Since is 60 degrees, than, must be 30 degrees, this is our final answer.

, so, by the Multiplication Property of Inequality,

.

The degree measure of an arc is twice that of the inscribed angle that intercepts it, so the above can be rewritten as

.

Here we need to recall the total degree measure of a circle. A circle always has exactly degrees.

Knowing this, we need to utilize two other clues to find the degree measure of .

1. Angle measures degrees, because it is made up of line segment , which is a straight line.

2. Angle can be found by using the following equation. Because we are given the fractional value of its area, we can construct a ratio to solve for angle :

So, to find angle , we just need to subtract our other values from :

So, .