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The circumference of a circular garden is approximately 30 feet. What is the approximate area inside the circular garden?

User Cobby
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Answer:


(225)/(\pi ) or 71.6197

Explanation:

This just manipulating formulas.

The formula for the circumference of a circle is
2\pi r, and we know this is equal to 30. That means
\pi r=15. The formula for the area of a circle is
\pi r^2, so we know the area of the circle must be
15r (
\pi r*r, and we found
\pi r to be 15 earlier).

Now, using this information, let's find r in terms of
\pi.


\pi r=15


r=(15)/(\pi )

Now let's plug in r to the expression we found for area.


15((15)/(\pi ) )


(225)/(\pi )

The area of the circle is approximately
(225)/(\pi ) or 71.6197.

Edit- Apparently there is a formula for this:


(c^(2) )/(4\pi ) where
c is the circumference of the circle.

User Thomas Ward
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