document.write( "Question 288049: If a small circle's diameter is a large circle's radius, then the small
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document.write( "The green line is the small circle's diameter and also the \r\n" );
document.write( "large circle's radius.  Suppose the green line is 2 inches long.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the small circle's radius is 1, the red line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Area of small circle = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the big circle's area is 4 times the small circle's area,\r\n" );
document.write( "the small circle's area is  of the big circle's area\r\n" );
document.write( "and  is the same as 25%. So the correct choice is b)\r\n" );
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