SOLUTION: What is the area of the largest circle that will fit into a rectangle with dimensions 8.5 cm by 10.6 cm? Use 3.14 as the approximation of pi and round your answer to the nearest te

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Question 768706: What is the area of the largest circle that will fit into a rectangle with dimensions 8.5 cm by 10.6 cm? Use 3.14 as the approximation of pi and round your answer to the nearest tenth of a square centimeter.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Draw in the diameter from top to bottom of that circle,
in green below:



The green diameter is the same as the shorter side of the
rectangle.  So the radius of the circle is  the diameter or 
 = 4.25 cm.

Area of a circle = pr2 = (3.14)(4.25)2 = 56.71625 cm², rounded to tenth of a square centimeter,

Answer = 56.7 cm²

Edwin
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