SOLUTION: An artist wants to place a piece of round glass in a square. If the perimeter of the square is 40 inches. What is the area of the largest circular piece?

Question 702177: An artist wants to place a piece of round glass in a square. If the perimeter of the square is 40 inches. What is the area of the largest circular piece?
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An artist wants to place a piece of round glass in a square.
If the perimeter of the square is 40 inches.
What is the area of the largest circular piece?
:
A square with a perimeter of 40 has sides of 10 (4*10)
This would be very close to the diameter of the round piece of glass
therefore the radius would be 5 inches
A =
A ~ 78.5, round it down, round it up and it would not fit.
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