document.write( "Question 140878: square inside a circle and i don't have the book
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document.write( "if the area of the square is 144 find the area of the circle
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Algebra.Com's Answer #102536 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! square inside a circle and i don't have the book \n" ); document.write( "if the area of the square is 144 find the area of the circle \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "A side of the square is sqrt(144) = 12 \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( "The diagonal of the square is 12sqrt(2) \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "The diagonal is the diameter of the circle. \n" ); document.write( "(1/2) of the diagonal is the radius = 6sqrt(2) \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "Therefore the area of the circle = (pi)(6sqrt(2))^2 = 72pi \n" ); document.write( "=========================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |