SOLUTION: A garden is to be planted on a circular area just surrounded by a square that is 10 feet wide. What percentage of the square will be taken up by the circular garden?

Question 1033324: A garden is to be planted on a circular area just surrounded by a square that is 10 feet wide. What percentage of the square will be taken up by the circular garden?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We compare the area of a circle of radius 5 to the area of a square of side 10.
Area of the circle = (pi)*5^2 = 78.54 sq ft
Area of the square = 10^2 = 100 sq ft
Thus 78.54/100 = 78.54% of the square's area will be covered by the circle.
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