Area of a Circle : āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ
1. Formula: Area of a circle: āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ : A = πr2
2. Divide Into Sectors : (āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ) Find Square // Rectangle // Circle // Triangle : Click Here
- Divide the circle into many equal sectors (like pizza slices) : āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻāύ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāϤ (sector) āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ
- Rearrange these sectors alternately to form a rectangle-like shape : āĻāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§° āϏāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
- As the number of sectors increases, the shape becomes closer to a rectangle : āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻžā§°āĻā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
- The idea is NOT directly related to Pythagoras theorem : āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻĨāĻžāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āϏā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏ⧰āĻžāϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ
- It is based on rearrangement of shapes with equal area : āĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§āύ⧰-āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž (rearrangement)
Important Correction (āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ)
- Pythagoras theorem (a² + b² = c²) is used for right triangle, not for circle area derivation
- Circle area derivation uses cutting & rearranging method
Quick Idea(āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž)
- Circle → divide → rearrange → rectangle → Area = πr²
- āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ → āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ → āϏāĻžāĻāύāĻŋ → āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§° → āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ = πr²
- Divide circle → sectors
- Rearrange → rectangle
- Base = πr, Height = r
- Final Area = πr²
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MCQ
Q1. The circumference of a circle is 44 cm. Find its area. : āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ 44 cmāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Options: (a) 121 cm² (b) 154 cm² (c) 100 cm² (d) 200 cm²
Ans: (b) 154 cm²
Explanation: C = 2πr → 44 = 2 × 22/7 × r → r = 7, Area (āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ) = πr² = 154 cm²
Q2. Area of a circle is 616 cm². Find its circumference. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ 616 cm²āĨ¤ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Options: (a) 44 cm (b) 88 cm (c) 77 cm (d) 66 cm
Ans: (b) 88 cm
Explanation: 616 = 22/7 × r² → r = 14, C = 2πr = 88 cm. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: r = 14 → āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ = 88 cm
Q3. If the radius of a circle is increased by 50%, find the % increase in area.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ 50% āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ % āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
Options: (a) 50% (b) 75% (c) 100% (d) 125%
Ans: (d) 125%
Explanation: New radius = 1.5r → Area ∝ r², New area = (1.5)² = 2.25 → increase = 125%
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: (1.5)² = 2.25 → āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ = 125%
Q4. The ratio of radii of two circles is 3:4. Find ratio of their circumferences.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ 3:4āĨ¤ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋā§° āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Options: (a) 9:16 (b) 3:4 (c) 4:3 (d) 16:9
Ans: (b) 3:4
Explanation: Circumference ∝ r → ratio same : āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ ∝ r → āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻāĻā§āĻ
Q5. The difference between circumference and diameter of a circle is 88 cm. Find radius.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ 88 cmāĨ¤ āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Options: (a) 7 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 21 cm (d) 28 cm
Ans: (b) 14 cm
Explanation:
C − D = 88
2πr − 2r = 88 → 2r(π − 1) = 88
2r(22/7 − 1) = 88 → r = 14
Q6. A wire of length 44 cm is bent to form a circle. Find its area. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: 44 cm āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ⧰ āϤāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Options: (a) 154 cm² (b) 121 cm² (c) 100 cm² (d) 200 cm²
Ans: (a) 154 cm²
Explanation:
Wire = circumference = 44 → r = 7
Area (āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ ) = 154 cm²
Q7. Find the area of a semicircle of radius 14 cm. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: 14 cm āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Options: (a) 308 cm² (b) 154 cm² (c) 616 cm² (d) 200 cm²
Answer: (a) 308 cm²
Explanation: Area = ½ × πr² = ½ × 616 = 308
Q8. The area of a circle increases by 21 cm² when radius increases by 1 cm. Find original radius.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ 1 cm āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ 21 cm² āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻā§° āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Options: (a) 3 cm (b) 7 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 14 cm
Ans: (a) 3 cm
Explanation:
π[(r+1)² − r²] = 21
π(2r+1) = 21 → r = 3
SSC Tricks
- Area ∝ r²
- Circumference ∝ r
- Radius ↑ → Area increases faster
- Always use 22/7 for exact answers