A sector is a fraction of a circle. The angle in the sector is a fraction of 360°. This sector has an angle of θ°. The fraction of the circle is \(\frac{θ}{360}\) The area of the sector will be ...

So you have a circle. What is the area of that circle? Surely everyone remembers that the area of a circle is: Where Pi (π) is of course the number and r is the radius of the circle. Where does this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about mathematics and its applications The area and perimeter ratios are shown and as n ...