PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

Arc length / sector area formulas

Dependencies: Central ∠, arc, chord are pairwise equivalent (central angle ⇔ chord ⇔ arc) + Protractor axiom (angle additivity) + the circumference formula C=2πrC = 2\pi r and the area formula S=πr2S_\circ = \pi r^2 (these two are quoted as basic formulas, not as separate theorem nodes).

Statement

Let O\odot O have radius rr, and let α\alpha be a central angle (measured in radians, α[0,2π]\alpha\in[0,\,2\pi]). Then on the corresponding sector:

(α)  =  αr,S(α)  =  12r2α.\ell(\alpha) \;=\; \alpha\,r,\qquad S(\alpha) \;=\; \tfrac{1}{2}\,r^{2}\,\alpha.

Here (α)\ell(\alpha) is the arc length of that arc, and S(α)S(\alpha) is the area of the corresponding sector (the region enclosed by the two radii and that arc).

Arc length = αr, sector area = ½ r²α

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