New flowers are being planted in a circular flower bed with a 14-foot diameter. If each flower requires 2 square feet of space, about how many flowers can be planted.
A- 308 flowers
B- 154 flowers
C- 77 flowers
D- 66 flowers

Question

New flowers are being planted in a circular flower bed with a 14-foot diameter. If each flower requires 2 square feet of space, about how many flowers can be planted. 
A- 308 flowers
B- 154 flowers 
C- 77 flowers 
D- 66 flowers

anonymous · Answer

Well, let's first find the area of this circle.

Area is
$$\pi r^2$$Can you figure this out?

anonymous · Answer

ummm kind of @mossyfish

anonymous · Answer

Go ahead and solve it, I'll correct you if you're wrong :) (Remember that r stands for radius)

anonymous · Answer

you think you can walk me through again? @mossyfish

anonymous · Answer

I cant its complicated I tried

anonymous · Answer

Sure!
Okay, so a radius is half of a diameter, right?

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A diameter is across a circle, radius is half of a circle.

So, we need to cut 14 in half.  What is 14/2?