A chord separates the circumference of a circle into two sections - the major arc and the minor arc. It also separates the area into two segments - the major segment and the minor segment. Calculate ...

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A segment is the section between a chord and an arc. It is essentially a sector with the triangle cut out, so we need to use our knowledge of triangles here as well. To calculate the area of a segment ...