Jake cut out 3 small circles and 5 big circles from a piece of cardboard. The radius of each small circle was x inches and the radius of each big circle was y inches. The expression below shows the total number of square inches of cardboard that Jake used for cutting out the circles.

3πx^2 + 5πy^2

What does the term 5πy^2 in the expression represent?

A. The total number of circles

B. The total area of all the circles

C. The total area of the big circles

D. The total area of the small circles

Question

Jake cut out 3 small circles and 5 big circles from a piece of cardboard. The radius of each small circle was x inches and the radius of each big circle was y inches. The expression below shows the total number of square inches of cardboard that Jake used for cutting out the circles.

3πx^2 + 5πy^2

What does the term 5πy^2 in the expression represent?

A. The total number of circles

B. The total area of all the circles

C. The total area of the big circles

D. The total area of the small circles

ivettef365 · Answer

small circle was x
big circle was y

so what those 5pi y^2  represents ( the one with the y )

ivettef365 · Answer

5 big circles   that is the 5 from 5 pi y^2
area of the circle = pi.y^2

meilendurcer · Answer

@ivettef365 sorry I messed up the question.

ivettef365 · Answer

what is the question ??

meilendurcer · Answer

its ^2 not 2

ivettef365 · Answer

??

ivettef365 · Answer

you have the question correct all alone.
so what is the answer ?

meilendurcer · Answer

oh ok just wondering because its not 3πx2 + 5πy2 its 3πx^2 + 5πy^2

ivettef365 · Answer

so you got the answer ?