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a fugitive has escaped in a train wreck. the police believe he could not have traveled more than 7 mi in any direction from the wreck. how many square miles must be searched?

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the police believe he could not have traveled more than 7 mi in any direction from the wreck. This 7 mi represents the radius of the circular area they need to search. Sp the fomula for the area of a circle : A = pi(r^2) Where r is the radius A = pi( 7^2) A = 153.94 sq mi thy need to search
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