SOLUTION: If a farmer can see 12 miles from a firetower, How many square miles can he see? Is 75.36 right?

SOLUTION: If a farmer can see 12 miles from a firetower, How many square miles can he see? Is 75.36 right?

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Question 122557: If a farmer can see 12 miles from a firetower, How many square miles can he see?
Is 75.36 right?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
WHAT YOU HAVE IS A CIRCLE THAT HAS A RADIUS=12 MILES.
AREA=PI*R^2
AREA=3.14*12^2
AREA=3.14*144
AREA=452.16 SQUARE MILES IS THE ANSWER.
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