IB skill practice

Use radians, arc length, and sector area

Convert common degree measures to radians and use exact radian values for arc length and sector area.

Paper 1 6 marks Difficulty 2

Radians, arc length, and sector area

A sector has radius \(9\) and central angle \(120^\circ\). Convert the angle to radians, then find arc length and sector area as coefficients of \(\pi\).

Worked practice: radians, arc length, and sector area

Convert the angle to a coefficient of pi, then use it in the arc length and sector area formulas.