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Algebra.Com's Answer #830970 by ikleyn(52790) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "So, our puddle grows from zero, so the radius is  \r\n" );
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document.write( "      r = 0.1*t,  where the radius r is in centimeters and time t is in minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The area of the puddle is the area of the circle\r\n" );
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document.write( "    area =  =  =  = .\r\n" );
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