Question:
A sector is cut-off from a circle of radius 21 cm. The angle of the sector is 120°. Find the length of its arc and the area.
Solution:
We know that the arc length / and area $A$ of a sector of circle at an angle $\theta$ of radius $r$ is given by $l=\frac{\theta}{360^{\circ}} \times 2 \pi r$ and angle $A=\frac{\theta}{360^{\circ}} \pi r^{2}$.
Let OAB is the given sector.
It is given that $O A=21 \mathrm{~cm}$ and angle $\angle A O B=120^{\circ}$.
Now using the value of r and θ, we will find the value of l and A,
Arc length,
$l=\frac{120^{\circ}}{360^{\circ}} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 21 \mathrm{~cm}$
$=44 \mathrm{~cm}$
Area of sector,
$A=\frac{120^{\circ}}{360^{\circ}} \times \frac{22}{7} \times 21 \times 21$
$=462 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$