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A cathedral has a large, circular stained-glass window. It has a diameter of 8 feet. What is the window's area?

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Answer:

16π ≈ 50.24 square feet

Explanation:

You want the area of an 8-foot circular window.

Area

The area of a circle can be found from ...

A = (π/4)d²

A = (π/4)·8² = 16π . . . . . square feet

If you use π = 3.14, the area is ...

(16 ft²)(3.14) = 50.24 ft²

The window's area is about 50.24 square feet.

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Additional comment

If you use the "pi-button", you get a value of 50.27 ft². One will round to 50.2, and the other will round to 50.3. Both will round to 50 ft².

No pi value or rounding instructions are given here, so you need to choose the answer your grader expects.

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