Circle

 

   
All points on the circumference of a circle
are equidistant from its center.

Radius: r
Diameter: d
Circumference: C
Area: K
 
    d = 2r
C = 2 p r = p d
 
K = p r2 = p d2/4
C = 2 sqrt(p K)
 
K = C2/4 p = Cr/2
   

 


  Arc of a Circle

  

   
A curved portion of a circle.

Length: s
 
Central angle:
     theta (in radians),
     alpha (in degrees)

 
    s = r theta = r alpha p/180

  Segment of a Circle
 

 

  Either of the two regions into which a secant or a chord cuts a circle.

Chord length: c
Height: h

Distance from center of circle to chord's midpoint: d
Central angle: theta (in radians), alpha (in degrees)
 
Area: K
Arc length: s
   
     theta = 2 arccos(d/r) = 2 arctan(c/(2d)) = 2 arcsin(c/(2r))
     h = r - d

     c = 2 sqrt(r2-d2) = 2r sin(theta/2) = 2d tan(theta/2) = 2 sqrt[h(2r-h)]
     d = sqrt(4r2-c2)/2 = r cos(theta/2) = c cot(theta/2)/2

     K = r2[theta-sin(theta)]/2 = r2arccos([r-h]/r) - (r-h)sqrt(2rh-h2)
         = r2arccos(d/r) - d sqrt(r2-d2)

     theta = s/r
     K = r2[s/r - sin(s/r)]/2


  Sector of a Circle
 

 

  The pie-shaped piece of a circle 'cut out' by two radii.

Central angle:
     theta (in radians),
     alpha (in degrees)
 
Area: K
Arc length: s

     K = r2theta/2 = r2alpha p/360
     theta = s/r
     K = rs/2

Equation of Circle: (Cartesian coordinates)

  for a circle with center (j, k) and radius (r):
    (x-j)2 + (y-k)2 = r2

Equation of Circle: (polar coordinates)
    for a circle with center (0, 0):   r(u) = radius

    for a circle with center with polar coordinates: (c, a) and radius a:
      r2 - 2cr cos(u - a) + c2 = a2

Equation of a Circle: (parametric coordinates)
    for a circle with origin (j, k) and radius r:
      x(t) = r cos(t) + j       y(t) = r sin(t) + k