SOLUTION: The area of the smallest square that will contain a circle of radius 4 is A) 8 B) 16 C) 32 D) 64 E) 128

Question 287594: The area of the smallest square that will contain a circle of radius 4 is
A) 8 B) 16 C) 32 D) 64 E) 128
Answer by CharlesG2(834) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of the smallest square that will contain a circle of radius 4 is
A) 8 B) 16 C) 32 D) 64 E) 128
The square has to contain the whole circle.
The circle has radius 4, so its diameter needs to be 8.
So each side of the square needs to be 8.
Area of a square is side^2.
8^2 = 64
D. 64

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