If the area of a sector of a circle is 3*pi cm^2 and the circle has a radius of 6cm, what is the angle of the sector?

The total area of the circle is pi*r^2 = 36 piThis means that the sector is 1/12th of a circle.A circle has 360 degrees and so the angle of the sector wil be 360/12 = 30 degrees.

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