SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: A certain bakery sells two sizes of round cakes. The radius of the small cake is 1/2 the radius of the large cake. If the top of the large c

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Question 442787: Please help me solve this equation:
A certain bakery sells two sizes of round cakes. The radius of the small cake is 1/2 the radius of the large cake. If the top of the large cake has an area of 200 in^2, what is the area of the top of the small cake?

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The area of the large cake is 200 in^2, so we can say that



The small cake has a radius of r/2, so the area of the small cake is