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What is a Sector and Central Angle?
Definition: What is a sector?
Summary
- You can see that the sector has two straight sides, which are two radius lines
- The sector also has the curved edge of the circle and touches the center of the circle
- The central angle an the angle with vertex at the center of the circle and sides that intersect the circle
- The sides of the central angle are also radii
- The sector is proportional to the central angle of the sector
- If you have a small central angle, that means the area of the sector will also be small
- If you have a large central angle, that means the area of the sector will also be large

Notes
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- This central point is called the "center" of the circle
- The other parts of the circle relevant to this problem are:
- the sector, central angle, and radius
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- You can see that the sector has two straight sides, which are two radius lines
- The sector also has the curved edge of the circle and touches the center of the circle
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- The sides of the central angle are also radii
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- The area is proportional to the central angle of the sector, meaning that the bigger the central angle, the bigger the area of the sector
- If you have a small central angle, that means the area of the sector will also be small
- If you have a large central angle, that means the area of the sector will also be large