SOLUTION: A piece of string fits exactly once around the perimeter of a square whose area is 144. Rounded to the nearest whole number, what is the area of the largest circle that can be form

Question 320917: A piece of string fits exactly once around the perimeter of a square whose area is 144. Rounded to the nearest whole number, what is the area of the largest circle that can be formed from the piece of string?
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A piece of string fits exactly once around the perimeter of a square whose area is 144.
Rounded to the nearest whole number, what is the area of the largest circle that
can be formed from the piece of string?
:
The side of square = = 12
:
We know the circumference of the circle = the perimeter of the square 4(12)
Find r of the circle
= 48
r =
r = 7.639
:
A =
A = 183 sq/units
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