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Sector

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A sector of a circle is a region bounded by two radii of the circle and an arc.

If the central angle of the sector is \pi (or 180^{\circ}), then the sector is a semicircle.

Area

The area of a sector is found by multiplying the area of circle O by \frac{\theta}{2\pi}, where \theta is the central angle in radians.

Therefore, the area of a sector is \frac{r^2\theta}{2}, where r is the radius and \theta is the central angle in radians.

Alternatively, if \theta is in degrees, the area is \frac{\pi r^2\theta}{360^{\circ}}.

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