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The seventh-grade class is building target areas for a PE activity. The bases for the game will be in a circular shape. The diameter of each circle is 3 feet. Approximately, how many square feet of the turf need to be painted for a base circle? Use 3.14 for π and round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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You need to find the area of a circular base.
The formula for area of a circle is pi x r^2.
Just plug in the information that you are given.
A=3.14 x 1.5^2
Solve.
A=7.065
Round to the nearest tenth.
7.1 ft^2 of turf need to be painted for one base.

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