document.write( "Question 463746: a circle is inscribed in a square and there's another small circle at the down part of the circle in the right side, how to get the area of the small square and circumference? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #317881 by robertb(5830)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let s = the length of the edge of the square, and let r = radius of the smaller circle. ==> the radius of the circle inscribed in the square is s/2.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then \n" ); document.write( "by the Pythagorean theorem.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "<==> \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Applying the quadratic formula, we get\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "r = \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Eliminate the second value for r. (Why?)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From here just apply the formulas |