SOLUTION: How would you find the area of a circle with a diameter of 10.5 feet? I divided the diameter by 2 and got 5.25 and multiplied that by 3.14 and got 16.485 ft squared. Did I do this

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Question 1005074: How would you find the area of a circle with a diameter of 10.5 feet? I divided the diameter by 2 and got 5.25 and multiplied that by 3.14 and got 16.485 ft squared. Did I do this right? If not, how would I go about doing it? Thanks!
Answer by ikleyn(53763) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Area of the circle = pi%2AR%5E2 = 3.14%2A%285.25%29%5E2 ft%5E2.