IGCSE Maths / Further trigonometry

Area of a segment revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Maths (4MA1), chapter 25: Further trigonometry, specification point 4.9a. Part of the full course.

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A segment is the part of a circle between a chord and its arc. Find its area by subtracting the triangle inside the sector from the sector area.

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