SOLUTION: You are going to paint the top of a circular table, but you only have enough paint to cover 1.25 square meters. What is the maximum radius of the table that the paint will cover?

Question 1075642: You are going to paint the top of a circular table, but you only have enough paint to cover 1.25 square meters. What is the maximum radius of the table that the paint will cover?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, josgarithmetic:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r^2*Pi = 125
r^2 = 125/Pi
r^2 = 39.79
r = sqrt39.79
r = 6.31
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, unknown radius maximum to be painted

meters
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