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A sprinkler sprays the lawn in a rotating circle. If the sprinkler shoots water 10 feet, what area of the lawn is getting watered?

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Answer:

About 314.16 feet

Explanation:

The formula for area of a circle is pi times r^2, and assuming the sprinkler is in the middle of the circle the radius is 10. 10 squared is 100, and 100 times pi is about 314.16

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Answer:about 314.16

Step-by-step explanation: Visualize this as a circle with radius 10(the length of the sprinkler blast), and use the formula pi * r^2 for the area

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