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momofmathkid

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Registered: 2008-01-14

Posts: 32

Help!

I really need help with these problems.

What is the part of the circle enclosed by 2 radii and an arc?

What is another word for a segment of a circle?

What is the point from which all points ona circle are equidistant?

What is the type of an angle formed by 2 radii?

Thanks!

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Help!

Hi momofmathkid;

What is another word for a segment of a circle?

Take a look here. Is the yellow area what you mean?
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CircularSegment.html

What is the point from which all points ona circle are equidistant?

The Center of the circle is a point from which all the points on the circle are equidistant.

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