SOLUTION: True or False: If I increase the circumference of a circle, its area will always increase. Explain.

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Question 812789: True or False: If I increase the circumference of a circle, its area will always increase. Explain.
Answer by fcabanski(1391)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Circumference of a circle = 2*pi*r


2 and pi are constant values. So the only way to increase the circumference is to increase the radius.


Area of a circle = . If the radius increases then so does the area.


The statement is true. If the circumference of a circle increases then so does its area.

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