SOLUTION: How do you calculate the area of an ellipse using 3.142 if A=10cm and B=6cm?

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Question 215016: How do you calculate the area of an ellipse using 3.142 if A=10cm and B=6cm?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Note: I'm assuming that the given lengths of "A=10cm and B=6cm" are the lengths of the semi-major and semi-minors axes.


The area of an ellipse is simply A=pi%2Aab where 'A' is the area, 'a' is the length of the semi-major axis, and 'b' is the length of the semi-minor axis.


So in this case, just plug in a=10, b=6 and 3.142 for pi to get A=%283.142%29%2810%29%286%29=188.52


So the area is roughly 188.52 square centimeters.