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Problem
A arc of circle A is equal in length to a arc of circle B. What is the ratio of circle A's area and circle B's area?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let and be the radii of circles and, respectively. It is well known that in a circle with radius , a subtended arc opposite an angle of degrees has length . Using that here, the arc of circle A has length . The arc of circle B has length . We know that they are equal, so , so we multiply through and simplify to get . As all circles are similar to one another, the ratio of the areas is just the square of the ratios of the radii, so our answer is .
Final answer
A