SOLUTION: A circle is circumscribed about a square. What is the ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the square?
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Question 257209: A circle is circumscribed about a square. What is the ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the square?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The diagonal of the square is the radius of the circle.
For a square the diagonal (L) is,
so then
So then the ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the square is
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