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Jason is painting a large circle on one wall of his new apartment. the largest distance across the circle will be 8 feet. approximately how many square feet of wall will the circle cover?

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Answer:

50.27

Step-by-step explanation:

"the largest distance across the circle will be 8 feet" means the diameter of the circle is 8

The formula for the area of a circle is
\pi r^(2)

The radius of the circle is 8/2 which is 4


4^(2) \pi

16π which is about 50.27 in decimal form

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