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Prove that the area of a circular sector of radius r with central angle θ\theta is

A=12r2θ,A=\frac{1}{2} r^{2} \theta,

where θ\theta is measured in radians.

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An illustration of a sector with central angle θ\theta of the circle with radius rr is shown below:

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As it can be seen from the graph, the area of a sector reffers to the area of a circle as the angle θ\theta to one full revolution.

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