SOLUTION: Find the area of the shaded part of this figure. Round the answer to one decimal place. Please note: the photo is of a square box with a circle inside of it. All four corners insid
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Question 274232: Find the area of the shaded part of this figure. Round the answer to one decimal place. Please note: the photo is of a square box with a circle inside of it. All four corners inside the box around the circle is shaded. There is 10 inches on one side of the outside of the box and there is 10 inches on the bottom outside of the box. Please advise. Thank you. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the area of the shaded part of this figure. Round the answer to one decimal place. Please note: the photo is of a square box with a circle inside of it. All four corners inside the box around the circle is shaded. There is 10 inches on one side of the outside of the box and there is 10 inches on the bottom outside of the box.
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We want to find the area of the square, then subtract the area of the circle from that.
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Find the area of the box: 10^2 = 100 sq/in
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From the description the diameter of the circle = 10; r = 5
A =
A = 78.54 sq/in
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100 - 78.54 = 21.46 ~ 21.5 sq/in is the shaded area
