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If the radius of a circle doubles, will the measure of a sector of that circle double? Will it double if the arc measure of that sector doubles?

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The area of a sector is given by:

A=x360πr2(1)A=\dfrac{x}{360}\cdot \pi r^2\color{white}\tag{1}

where xx is the measure of the intercepted arc and rr is the radius.

Doubling the radius will yield:

Ar=x360π(2r)2A_r=\dfrac{x}{360}\cdot \pi (2r)^2

Ar=x360π(4r2)A_r=\dfrac{x}{360}\cdot \pi (4r^2)

Ar=4x360πr2A_r=4\cdot\dfrac{x}{360}\cdot \pi r^2

Ar=4AA_r=4A

If the radius is doubled, then the area of the sector is quadrupled, not doubled.

Doubling the arc measure will yield:

Aa=2x360πr2A_a=\dfrac{2x}{360}\cdot \pi r^2

Aa=2x360πr2A_a=2\cdot \dfrac{x}{360}\cdot \pi r^2

Aa=2AA_a=2A

If the arc measure is doubled, then the area of the sector is doubled.

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