The seventh-grade class is building target areas for a PE activity. The bases for the game will be circular in shape. The diameter of each circle is 5 feet. Approximately how many square feet of the turf need to be painted for a base circle? Use 3.14 for π and round your answer to the nearest tenth.
15.7 square feet
19.6 square feet
42.8 square feet
78.6 square feet
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OpenStudy (princess_shadow_sob):
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OpenStudy (welshfella):
use the formula for the area of a circle
= 3.14 * r^2 where r = the radius
OpenStudy (welshfella):
note radius = half of the diameter
OpenStudy (princess_shadow_sob):
im not good i dont know it thats why im here for people to help me not explan it
OpenStudy (welshfella):
diameter = 5, so radius = 1/2 * 5 feet
ok?
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OpenStudy (welshfella):
1/2 * 5 = 2.5 feet
OpenStudy (welshfella):
understood so far?
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OpenStudy (princess_shadow_sob):
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OpenStudy (welshfella):
the answer is 3.14 * 2.5^2
OpenStudy (princess_shadow_sob):
what
OpenStudy (welshfella):
grab ur calculator and plug these values in
OpenStudy (welshfella):
3.14 * 2.5 * 2.5 = answer
OpenStudy (princess_shadow_sob):
19.625
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