Stage 25 · Trigonometry

25.2.5 Arc Length and Area of a Sector

25.2 Opening the Angle Wide: Any Angle and Radian Measure

Point 5 of 5

25.2.5 Arc Length and Area of a Sector

Core idea

Cut a slice of pizza: arc length = radius × angle (in radians), area = half of 'radius × arc length', and the formulas come out clean precisely because of radians.

Module goal. We break free of the 'angles only run from 0° to 90°' limit, letting angles spin any number of turns and carry a sign, and we bring in radians — a unit better suited to functions — to set the stage for the unit-circle definition.
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