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The radius of Circle L is 3m. The length and width of Rectangle M is 12m and 18m, respectively. If Point P will be randomly placed on the image below, what is the probability that the point will be placed within Circle L. Use 3 for Pi in this problem.

The radius of Circle L is 3m. The length and width of Rectangle M is 12m and 18m, respectively-example-1
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To get the probability of Point P be placed within the circle L, we need to get the ratio between the area covered by the circle and the area covered by the rectangle.

The area of the circle is:


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