SOLUTION: What is the area of a circle if it is inscribed in a square? The radius of the circle is 6cm. The Height of the square is 14cm. and the length of the square is 12cm.

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Question 137623: What is the area of a circle if it is inscribed in a square? The radius of the circle is 6cm. The Height of the square is 14cm. and the length of the square is 12cm.
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You have a rather serious terminology problem for starters. How can you have a square that has a 'height' different from its 'length'? A square, by definition, has 4 equal sides. So what you really have is a rectangle. Having said all that, the details of the dimensions of the quadrilateral in which the circle is inscribed is irrelevant information. You are given that the radius of the circle is 6cm, and that is all the information required to calculate the area of a circle: A=pi%2Ar%5E2, or in your case: A=pi%2A%286%29%5E2. You do the math. Leave the answer in terms of pi unless you were instructed to provide a numerical approximation to some specified precision.