Draw a circle of radius $5$ cm. In the circle, draw a chord $A B = 6$ cm, then shade the minor and major segments.

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In the above figure, $A B$ is the chord of length $6 c m$ and $O C = 5 c m$ is the radius of the circle.
The pink shaded region is the minor segment with less area and the yellow shaded region is the major segment with more area.

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Draw a circle of radius 5 cm. In the circle, draw a chord AB=6 cm, then shade the minor and major segments.

In the above figure, AB is the chord of length 6cm and OC=5cm is the radius of the circle.The pink shaded region is the minor segment with less area and the yellow shaded region is the major segment with more area.

Draw a circle of radius $5$ cm. In the circle, draw a chord $A B = 6$ cm, then shade the minor and major segments.

In the above figure, $A B$ is the chord of length $6 c m$ and $O C = 5 c m$ is the radius of the circle.
The pink shaded region is the minor segment with less area and the yellow shaded region is the major segment with more area.