SOLUTION: Mr Flores has a circular fountain with a radius of 5feet. He plans on installing a brick path around the fountain. (Shows small circle 5ft radius then outer circle 9 ft with line

Question 1052752: Mr Flores has a circular fountain with a radius of 5feet. He plans on installing a brick path around the fountain. (Shows small circle 5ft radius then outer circle 9 ft with line from center dot to outer line of second circle. ) If each brick covers 2 square feet, how many bricks will he need?
Help please
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of the brick path:

, square feet.

How many bricks: .

This needs to be (most likely) a Natural Number, 25 being the best choice.
If some breaks needed to be cut to fill missing spots, then you might go up to maybe .
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mr Flores has a circular fountain with a radius of 5feet. He plans on installing a brick path around the fountain. (Shows small circle 5ft radius then outer circle 9 ft with line from center dot to outer line of second circle. ) If each brick covers 2 square feet, how many bricks will he need?
Help please

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Answer by ikleyn(52777)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Area of the brick path A = = = = = 175.84 sq.ft (approximately).

The number of bricks = =~ 88.

Answer. 88 bricks.

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