document.write( "Question 702177: An artist wants to place a piece of round glass in a square. If the perimeter of the square is 40 inches. What is the area of the largest circular piece? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #432834 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! An artist wants to place a piece of round glass in a square. \n" ); document.write( " If the perimeter of the square is 40 inches. \n" ); document.write( " What is the area of the largest circular piece? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "A square with a perimeter of 40 has sides of 10 (4*10) \n" ); document.write( "This would be very close to the diameter of the round piece of glass \n" ); document.write( "therefore the radius would be 5 inches \n" ); document.write( "A = \n" ); document.write( "A ~ 78.5, round it down, round it up and it would not fit. \n" ); document.write( " |