Question

A baker uses a coffee mug with a diameter of 8cm to cut out circular cookies from a big sheet of cookie dough.

What is the area AAA of each cookie?
Give your answer in terms of pi.

Answer 1

The forumula for finding area of the circle is \pi r^2.

Explanation:

Let's find the radius of the mug:

r=\frac{d}{2}=\frac{8}{2}=4

Now, we can to express the area of each cookie in terms of pi:

Area= \pi *4^2=16\pi