NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 12 - Areas Related to Circles
Q. The radii of two circles are 19 cm and 9 cm respectively. Find the radius and the area of the circle which has its circumference equal to the sum of the circumference of the two circles.
Q. A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 25 cm sweeping through an angle of 115°. Find the total area cleaned in each sweep of the blades.
Q. To warn ships about underwater rocks, a lighthouse spread a red-coloured light over a sector of 80° angle to a distance of 16.5 km. Find the area of the sea over which the ships are warned. [Use π = 3.14]
Q. An umbrella has 8 ribs. Assuming the umbrella to be a flat circle of radius 45 cm, find the area between two consecutive ribs of the umbrella.
Q. A circular brooch is made of silver wire and consists of 5 diameters (35 mm each) forming of equal dimensions. Calculate the total length of silver wire required and the area of each sector that is formed.
Q. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find : (i) the length of the arc, (ii) area of the sector formed by the arc, (iii) area of the segment formed by the corresponding chord of the arc.
Q. A chord PQ of length 12 cm subtends an arc of 120° at the centre of a circle. Find the area of the minor segment cut off by the chord PQ.
Q. AB and CD respectively are the arcs of two concentric circles of radii 21 cm and 7 cm and centre O. If ∠AOB = 30°, find the area of the shaded region.
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Q. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, where a circular arc of radius 6 cm has been drawn with the vertex O of an equilateral
triangle OAB of side 12 cm as centre.
