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A circular ice rink is being built in town. Around the ice rink, a walkway will be built. The ice rink will have a diameter of 80 feet and the walkway will be 10 feet wide. What is the approximate area of the walkway?

A circular ice rink is being built in town. Around the ice rink, a walkway will be-example-1
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To solve, you'd have to find the area of the big circle(including walk way) and minus the ice rink.

Area of the big circle =
3.15(50)^(2) = 7850
Area of ice rink =
3.14(40)^(2) = 5024
7850 - 5024 = 2826

The answer is about 2,826 square feet.
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