Question

Problem:

An old coin is kept in a cubic box in such a way that the outline of the coin touches the 4 walls of the box, if the base of the box has a 24 cm perimeter, what is the area of the coin?

Answer 1

28.27 cm^2 (2 decimal places)

Explanation:

side of box = 24/4 = 6

diameter of coin would be 6 too

area of coin = pi x (6/2)^2 = 28.2743