Question

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Martina designed a painting for art class, as shown in the drawing below. Her design contains 4 circles on a square canvas. Each circle has a radius of 6 inches. The circles touch the edges of the canvas and each other, as show below.
The shaded section of Martina's design will be painted black. Which is closest to the area that will be painted black?​

Answer 1

Side of the square

• 4(6)
• 24in

Area

• side²
• 24²
• 576in²

Area of 4circles

• 4π(6)²
• 4π(36)
• 144π
• 452.16in²

Area of shaded region

• 576-452.16
• 123.84 in²

Answer 2

452.39

Explanation:

6^2pie * 4 = 452.39