Take a circle...
Divide it up into sectors
Colour the top semicircle green & the lower semicircle yellow
Pull the sectors apart
Arrange the green sectors in one line & the yellow sectors in another line
The sectors fit together like teeth..
Think about the lengths involved.. ? ?
The “vertical” one is easy... r ? It’s the radius!
The other is... r ? Half the circumference
Remember the formula for the circumference... r ?
So, half the circumference is... r ?
So, we have... r
But this shape is almost a rectangle... r So can you approximate its area?
The area is approximately r
Now, think... r What would happen if you cut the circle into smaller and smaller sectors?
It would become even more like a rectangle... r So this approximation for the area of the circle would be even more accurate...
So the area of a circle is...