Perimeter of sector

jinx24

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The problem I am working on asks to find the area and perimeter of the given sector.

A = (1/2)r^2(theta)

I don't know what the formula is for the perimeter, and I can't find it anywhere.

Thanks for your help!
 
Hello, Jinx!

The problem I am working on asks to find the area and perimeter of the given sector.

Area=12r2θ\displaystyle \text{Area}\:=\:\frac{1}{2}r^2\theta

I don't know what the formula is for the perimeter.
We are expected to figure it out . . .
Code:
              *
             /  *
          r/     *s
         /  θ 
       *----------*
              r

We know that: s=rθ\displaystyle s \:=\: r\theta . . . right?

Therefore: Perimeter=2r+rθ\displaystyle \,\text{Perimeter} \:= \:2r\,+\,r\theta
 
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