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A circular flower bed is 20 meters in diameter and has a circular sidewalk around it that is 3 meters wide. Find the area of the sidewalk in square inches. Use 3.14 for π. Round to the nearest whole number

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Answer: Area of sidewalk is 217m²

Explanation:

The formula for determining the area of a circle is expressed as

Area = πr²

Where

r represents the radius of the circle

π is a constant whose value is 3.14

A circular flower bed is 20 meters in diameter.

radius = diameter/2 = 20/2 = 10 meters

Area of the flower bed = 3.14 × 10²

= 314m²

The circular flower bed has a circular sidewalk around it that is 3 meters wide. This means that the total diameter would be

3 + 20 + 3 = 26m

Radius = 26!2 = 13m

Total area = 3.14 × 13² = 530.66m²

Therefore, area of the sidewalk is

530.66 - 314 = 216.66

Area of sidewalk is 217m² to the nearest whole number

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