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Find the arc length and sector area for a 60° sector of a circle with radius 6: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step circles video lesson with captions. Final answer: r = 6, d = 12, C = 12π ≈ 37.69911184, A = 36π ≈ 113.0973355; for 60°: arc length 2π ≈ 6.283185307, sector area 6π ≈ 18.84955592.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.5 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
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Find the arc length and sector area for a 60° sector of a circle with radius 6.
2. Steps, part 1
1. $d = 2r = 12$
  Diameter
2. $C = 2\pi r = 2\pi \cdot 6 = 12\pi \approx 37.69911184$
  Circumference
3. $A = \pi r^2 = \pi \cdot 6^2 = 36\pi \approx 113.0973355$
  Area
4. $s = \frac{\theta}{360^\circ} \cdot 2\pi r = \frac{1}{6} \cdot 2\pi \cdot 6 = 2\pi \approx 6.283185307$
  Arc length for 60°
3. Steps, part 2
1. $A_{\text{sector}} = \frac{\theta}{360^\circ} \pi r^2 = 6\pi \approx 18.84955592$
  Sector area for 60°
4. The answer
$r = 6$
r = 6, C = 12π ≈ 37.69911184, A = 36π ≈ 113.0973355
5. Check
- C/d = 3.141592654 = π.
- A = C·r/2 = 113.0973355.

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The problem. Here is the problem: Find the arc length and sector area for a 60° sector of a circle with radius 6. Find the radius, diameter, circumference and area of a circle from any one of them.

Steps, part 1. Diameter. Circumference. Area. Arc length for 60°.

Steps, part 2. Sector area for 60°.

The answer. So the answer is r equals 6, d equals 12, C equals 12pi approximately 37.69911184, A equals 36pi approximately 113.0973355; for 60°: arc length 2pi approximately 6.283185307, sector area 6pi approximately 18.84955592. Every measurement of a circle follows from its radius. The circumference grows in proportion to the radius and the area in proportion to its square.

Check. C/d equals 3.141592654 equals pi. A equals C times r/2 equals 113.0973355.

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