Calculating Arc Length of a Circle and Derivation of Segment and Sector Area

Eugene Brennan
Math Simplified
Published in
8 min readSep 12, 2021

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Circumference, diameter and radius. © Eugene Brennan

This guide explains everything you need to know about circles, including calculation of area, segment area, sector area, length of an arc, radians, sine and cosine.

What’s Covered:

  • names for different parts of a circle
  • degrees and radians and how to convert between them

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Eugene Brennan
Math Simplified

Eugene is an engineer with a BSc(Eng) degree in Control and Instrumentation. He’s passionate about gardening, DIY, making things, cycling & photography.