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South African Mathematics Olympiad

South Africa geometry

Problem

The circle centre has radius cm. If the area of sector is , and if the probability that a point chosen randomly in the circle lies in the shaded sector is , then the value of is

problem
Solution
The area of the whole circle is , but the area of the sector is , so the probability is
Final answer
32

Techniques

Circles