document.write( "Question 328658: one circle is circumscribed around a square that has sides of length 2. Another circle is inscribed in the same square.
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document.write( "Find the ratio of the area of the larger circle to that of the smaller circle \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #235442 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! square circumscribed by a circle \n" ); document.write( "length of square = 2 \n" ); document.write( "so diagonal = 2sqrt2 \n" ); document.write( "1/2 diameter = 1/2 * 2sqrt2 \n" ); document.write( "radius = sqrt2 \n" ); document.write( "area of circle = pi*(sqt2)^2 \n" ); document.write( "area = 2pi \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "circle circumscribed in a square \n" ); document.write( "1/2 diagonal of square = sqrt2 \n" ); document.write( "1/2 the side = 1 \n" ); document.write( "(sqrt2)^2-1^2= radius of cicle ^2 \n" ); document.write( "2-1=radius squared \n" ); document.write( "1 = radius \n" ); document.write( "area of circle = pi*1^2 \n" ); document.write( "=pi\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ratio = 2pi/pi \n" ); document.write( "=2 \n" ); document.write( " |