Question

Need Geometry Help!

Answer 1

What is the area of the circle?

Answer 2

It doesn't say

Answer 3

You have to figure out the area of the circle. Do you know the formula for area of a circle?

Answer 4

\[\pi \times \Gamma ^2\]

Answer 5

pi times radius square correct. So the radius of the circle is what?

Answer 6

5 units

Answer 7

So the total area of the circle is what?

Answer 8

78.5

Answer 9

Great now we have to subtract out the triangles. Do you know the formula for determining the area of a right triangle?

Answer 10

it's leg times leg divided by 2

Answer 11

Very good.

Answer 12

Now that I have used that formula I have come up with 18 and 4.5

Answer 13

What do I do next @nelsonjedi ?

Answer 14

Because If I subtract them I come up with 13.5 and that Is not an answer

Answer 15

Why would you subtract them from each other? What does the question ask you to solve?

Answer 16

It asks me to approximate the area of the shaded region. I miss read your reply. Sorry

Answer 17

No problemo

Answer 18

So what am I supposed to do?

Answer 19

If I know the area of the circle and I know the area of the triangles what would be the area of the shaded areas.(I referenced with (s)

Answer 20

So would it be 22.5?

Answer 21

What is the total area of the circle?

Answer 22

78.5

Answer 23

And the white triangles take up 22.5 of that area so how much is left shaded

Answer 24

56 units^2

Answer 25

Just 56...78.5-22.5=56

Answer 26

Well in it gives me a list of answers and that's what it says. they are all in units^2

Answer 27

OK looking at the problem it shows the units as ^2....Great job

Answer 28

Thank you very much!