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O-LevelAdditional MathematicsCircular measure4037/21 · May/June 2018 · Q67 Marks

In the diagram AOB and DOC are sectors of a circle centre O. The angle AOB is x radians. The length of the arc AB is 40 cm and the radius OB is 16 cm. [Figure 6.1]

  1. (i)Find the value of x.[2]
  2. (ii)Find the area of sector AOB.[2]
  3. (iii)Given that the area of the shaded region ABCD is 140 cm², find the length of OC.[3]

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  1. [1] (i) 16x = 40 oe
  2. [1] (i) x = 2.5 oe (radians)
  3. [1] (ii) 1/2 (16)² (2.5) oe
  4. [1] (ii) 320
  5. [1] (iii) 1/2 r² (their 2.5) = (their 320) - 140 oe
  6. [1] (iii) FT provided their 320 > 140
  7. [1] (iii) correct simplification to r²=...
  8. [1] (iii) 12

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Circular measure, O-Level Additional Mathematics (syllabus 4037). Structured question, 7 marks.
Source
O-Level Additional Mathematics, May/June 2018 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 6.

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