Exam 8: Areas of Polygons and Circles
-Use the drawing provided to explain the following theorem.
"The area of any quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals of lengths
and
is given by
."
Given: Quadrilateral
with
at point F;
and
Prove: 









To "box" the quadrilateral , we draw auxiliary lines as follows:
through point D, we draw ; through point B, we draw
;
through point A, we draw ; and through point C, we draw
.
The quadrilateral formed is a parallelogram that can be shown to have a right angle;
this follows from the fact that is a parallelogram that contains a right angle at
vertex F . . . so the opposite angle (at vertex R) must also be a right angle.
Because is a diagonal of
(actually rectangle
,
;
that is, a diagonal of a parallelogram separates the parallelogram into 2 congruent .
Similarly, ,
, and
. Thus, the area
of quadrilateral is one half of that of rectangle
.
But the area of is
, so
is given by
.
Consider a circle with diameter length d, radius length r, and circumference C. Given that
, explain why the formula for the circumference of a circle is given by
.


Given that , we use the Multiplication Property of Equality to obtain
.
Because the length of the diameter of a circle is twice that of a radius, . By
substitution, or
.
-Use the drawing provided to explain the following theorem.
"The area A of a regular polygon whose apothem has length a and whose perimeter
is P is given by
."
Given: Regular polygon
with center O and length s for each side;
apothem
so that
Prove: 






From center O, we draw radii ,
,
,
, and
. Because the radii are congruent to each other and the sides of the regular polygon are all congruent to each other as well,
,
,
,
, and
are all congruent to each other by SSS.
Each of the congruent triangles has an altitude length of . Further, the length of each
base of a triangle is s, the length of side of the polygon. Therefore, the area of the regular polygon is
Because the sum of the sides equals perimeter P, we have
.
-Where
is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by
. Use this ratio to explain why
the area of the sector is given by
.
[Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure
is bounded by radii
,
, and
.]
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_b5de_a05a_5ff1fb069e11_TB7237_11.jpg)
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_b5df_a05a_bdad4d39a492_TB7237_11.jpg)
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_dbf0_a05a_11cf37c67e76_TB7237_11.jpg)
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_dbf1_a05a_d3ebdcf512c0_TB7237_11.jpg)
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_dbf2_a05a_3bca88e0264e_TB7237_11.jpg)
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_dbf3_a05a_3f329bab93d1_TB7237_11.jpg)
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_dbf4_a05a_57185d1953d0_TB7237_11.jpg)
![-Where is the degree measure for the arc of a sector of a circle, the ratio of the area of the sector to that of the area of the circle is given by . Use this ratio to explain why the area of the sector is given by . [Note: In the figure, the sector with arc measure is bounded by radii , , and .]](https://storage.examlex.com/TB7237/11eb4b36_76f8_dbf5_a05a_1f8c81ba26c7_TB7237_11.jpg)
-Using the drawing provided and fact that the area of a parallelogram is given by
, show that the area of a triangle is given by
.



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