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The diameter of a circle is 3 inches. What is the area?Give the exact answer in simplest form. _____ square inches. (pi, fractions)

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The radius of a circle is half the diameter.

Thus, the radius (r) is >>>


r=(3)/(2)

The area of a circle is given by the formula,


A=\pi r^2

Where

r is the radius

Substituting the radius value into the area formula, we have:


\begin{gathered} A=\pi r^2 \\ A=\pi((3)/(2))^2 \\ A=\pi((9)/(4)) \\ A=(9\pi)/(4) \end{gathered}

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