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The diameter of a circle is 6 centimeters. What is the area?give the exact answer in simplest form.

The diameter of a circle is 6 centimeters. What is the area?give the exact answer-example-1
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SOLUTION

The diameter of the circle is 6cm

The area of a circle is given as


A=\pi r^2

The radius of the circle is


r=(6)/(2)=3

Therefore, the area of the circle is


A=\pi*3^2^{}

This gives


\begin{gathered} A-9\pi \\ A=28.3 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the area of the circle is 28.3 cm²

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