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Val needs to find the area enclosed by the figure. The figure is made by attaching semicircles to each side of a 58 dash m​-by-58 dash m square. Val says the area is 1 comma 917.48 msquared. Find the area enclosed by the figure. Use 3.14 for pi. What error might Val have​ made?

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Answer:

The answer is 4,112.00 m

Explanation:

Val subtracted the​ square's area from area of the semicircles when it should be added to it.

User Tamilmaran
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Answer:

We need to find the area of the semicircles + the area of the square.

The area of a square is equal to the square of the lenght of one side.

As = L^2 = 58m^2 = 3,364 m^2

Now, each of the semicircles has a diameter of 58m, and we have that the area of a circle is equal to:

Ac = pi*(d/2)^2 = 3.14*(58m/2)^2 = 3.14(27m)^2 = 2,289.06m^2

And the area of a semicircle is half of that, so the area of each semicircle is:

a = (2,289.06m^2)/2 = 1,144.53m^2

And we have 4 of those, so the total area of the semicircles is:

4*a = 4* 1,144.53m^2 = 4578.12m^2

Now, we need to add the area of the square 3,364 m^2 + 4578.12m^2 = 7942.12m^2

This is nothing like the provided anwer of Val, so the numbers of val may be wrong.

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