SOLUTION: can you please help me to solve this question? a wire is bent into a circular shape its circumfrence is 88cm. find its radius and area. if the wire is bent into a square, what w

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Question 271145: can you please help me to solve this question?
a wire is bent into a circular shape its circumfrence is 88cm. find its radius and area. if the wire is bent into a square, what will each side measure? which shape encloses more area??
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Answer by Greenfinch(383) About Me  (Show Source):
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If circumference is 88cm, radius is 88/(2 x pi) = 14 cm
Area is 14^2 x pi = 615.7 cm
If made into a square, side is 22 cm, so area is 22^2 = 484
Circle encloses larger area.