document.write( "Question 768706: What is the area of the largest circle that will fit into a rectangle with dimensions 8.5 cm by 10.6 cm? Use 3.14 as the approximation of pi and round your answer to the nearest tenth of a square centimeter. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Draw in the diameter from top to bottom of that circle,\r\n" );
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document.write( "The green diameter is the same as the shorter side of the\r\n" );
document.write( "rectangle.  So the radius of the circle is  the diameter or \r\n" );
document.write( " = 4.25 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Area of a circle = pr² = (3.14)(4.25)² = 56.71625 cm², rounded to tenth of a square centimeter,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer = 56.7 cm²\r\n" );
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