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.

3πx2 + 5πy2

What does the term 5πy2 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.

3πx2 + 5πy2

What does the term 5πy2 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

cwrw238 · Answer

the area of a circle is πr^2  where r is the radius

so what to you think ?

cwrw238 · Answer

5πy^2  represents what?

anonymous · Answer

Is it A ? total number of circles @cwrw238