SOLUTION: For a holiday party, Marcus is making a nine-layer torte, which consists of nine 8-inch diamer cake layers with a cream topping on each layer. He knows that one receipe of cream wi

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: For a holiday party, Marcus is making a nine-layer torte, which consists of nine 8-inch diamer cake layers with a cream topping on each layer. He knows that one receipe of cream will cover 54 square inches of cake. How many batches of topping must he make to complete his torte(Use 3.14 as an approximate value)
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Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
pi*r^2=A, r=4
9A is the amount of cream he will need in inches^2.
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Ed