A sector of a circle radius 14 cm subtends an angle 135° at the center of the circle. What is the perimeter of the sector? Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)
Answer Details
The perimeter of a sector is given by the sum of the length of the two radii and the arc length between them. In this question, we are given the radius of the sector to be 14cm and the central angle to be 135°.
The arc length can be found using the formula for the circumference of a circle, C = 2πr, where r is the radius of the circle. The central angle of 135° is equivalent to \(\frac{135}{360}\) of the full circle, so the arc length of the sector is:
\(\frac{135}{360} \times 2\pi \times 14 \approx 32.91cm\)
The two radii have the same length and are equal to 14cm each.
Therefore, the perimeter of the sector is:
14cm + 14cm + 32.91cm ≈ 60.91cm
Rounding this to the nearest whole number gives us 61cm.
Hence, the correct answer is 61cm.