Edexcel Paper 2 2019 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 2 (Paper 2)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicRadians, Arc Length and Sector Area

3. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{fa4afaf4-fe5d-4f3a-b3de-9600d5502a49-06_490_458_248_806} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sector \(A O B\) of a circle with centre \(O\), radius 5 cm and angle \(A O B = 40 ^ { \circ }\) The attempt of a student to find the area of the sector is shown below. $$\begin{aligned} \text { Area of sector } & = \frac { 1 } { 2 } r ^ { 2 } \theta
& = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 5 ^ { 2 } \times 40
& = 500 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 } \end{aligned}$$
  1. Explain the error made by this student.
  2. Write out a correct solution.