Question

Find the area of the circle. Use 3.14 for the value of pi and round the answer to nearest tenth

Answer 1

SOLUTION

Th formula for find the area of a circle is given to be

$A=\pi r^2$

Notice that the radius of the circle is 8 mi

Substitute r=8 into the formula for aea of a circle

$A=\pi\times8^2$

Calculate the area

$\begin{gathered} A=3.14\times64 \\ A=200.96 \end{gathered}$

Therefore the area of the circle is 200.96 square mi