SOLUTION: Hi, The area of a circle of radius r is given by the formula A=πr^2. Use this fact to find the area for the shaded area in the figure below. (The figure is a circle, wi

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Question 876802: Hi,
The area of a circle of radius r is given by the formula A=πr^2. Use this fact to find the area for the shaded area in the figure below.
(The figure is a circle, with radius r, with another shaded circle surrounding it. The shaded part has a width marked 'w'.)
The answer given is A=2πrw + πw^2. Can you please explain how this is done.
Thanks.

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Examining this part: (The figure is a circle, with radius r, with another shaded circle surrounding it. The shaded part has a width marked 'w'.)

The shaded region would be surrounding the unshaded smaller circle. You want the area for the shaded region. This will be a difference.

Larger circle area, pi%2A%28r%2Bw%29%5E2.
Smaller circle area, pi%2Ar%5E2.
The shaded region should be the larger region minus the small circle region, leaving just the circular shaded region with the width of w.

A=pi%28r%2Bw%29%5E2-pi%2Ar%5E2
pi%28r%5E2%2B2rw%2Bw%5E2%29-pi%2Ar%5E2
pi%28r%5E2%2B2rw%2Bw%5E2-r%5E2%29
pi%282rw%2Bw%5E2%2Br%5E2-r%5E2%29
pi%282rw%2Bw%5E2%2B0%29
pi%2A2%2Arw%2Bpi%2Aw%5E2-----which should be clear enough.
A=2pi%2Arw%2Bpir%5E2---commutative property for multiplication.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,
The area of a circle of radius r is given by the formula A=πr^2. Use this fact to find the area for the shaded area in the figure below.
(The figure is a circle, with radius r, with another shaded circle surrounding it. The shaded part has a width marked 'w'.)
The answer given is A=2πrw + πw^2. Can you please explain how this is done.
Thanks.

Area of inner (smaller) circle: pi%2Ar%5E2
With width of shaded region being “w,” then radius of larger circle = r + w
Area of outer (larger) circle = pi%28r+%2B+w%29%5E2, or pi%28r%5E2+%2B+2rw+%2B+w%5E2%29, or pi%2Ar%5E2+%2B+2pi%2Arw+%2B+pi%2Aw%5E2
Area of shaded region = pi%2Ar%5E2+%2B+2pi%2Arw+%2B+pi%2Aw%5E2+-+pi%2Ar%5E2, or highlight_green%28highlight_green%282pi%2Arw+%2B+pi%2Aw%5E2%29%29