Question

Find the area of the figure. Round to the nearest hundredth when necessary.

Answer 1

215.20 ft^2

Explanation:

The figure has 2 semi-circles.

First we find the area of each circle using the formula
`\pi r^(2)` because that is the area formula for a circle.

The semi-circle to the left gives the diameter which is 22 feet. The radius would be half the diameter thus r=11 for semi-circle one.

Then we are to find the diameter of the second semi-circle. Given the entire length to be 30 feet, 30-22 leaves us with 8 feet as its diameter thus r=4.

Left: r=11

Right: r=4

Then, plugging both into the formula for area of a circle, we get

Left: 380.1327

Right: 50.26548

We must divide each by two because we are only looking for semi-circle which is exactly half the area of a full circle.

Then,

Left: 190.066

Right: 25.1327

190.066+ 25.1327= 215.199 = 215.2ft^2