SOLUTION: What is the area of the largest circle that will fit into a rectangle with dimensions 8.5 cm by 10.6 cm? Use 3.14 as the approximation of pi and round your answer to the nearest te
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Question 768706: What is the area of the largest circle that will fit into a rectangle with dimensions 8.5 cm by 10.6 cm? Use 3.14 as the approximation of pi and round your answer to the nearest tenth of a square centimeter. Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source):
Draw in the diameter from top to bottom of that circle,
in green below:
The green diameter is the same as the shorter side of the
rectangle. So the radius of the circle is the diameter or
= 4.25 cm.
Area of a circle = pr2 = (3.14)(4.25)2 = 56.71625 cm², rounded to tenth of a square centimeter,
Answer = 56.7 cm²
Edwin
