Question

A circle has a radius of 6 in. The circumscribed equilateral triangle will have an area of:

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Gimme a sec,
trying to remember how to do this kind of problem.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Ooo is the circle inside the triangle, or the triangle is inside the circle?
Grrrr >.< my brain!

It's a circle inside of a triangle right? :p

Answer 5

inscribed is inside circumscribed is outside

Answer 6

Circumscribed triangle,
so the triangle surrounds the circle, yes?
I hope I'm reading that correctly..

Answer 7

Let's draw our radius right here, so it's `perpendicular` to the side of the triangle.

Answer 8

Since it's an equilateral triangle, each angle is 60 degrees.