Questions: The radius of a circle is 12 yards. What is the circle's area?
Use π ≈ 3.14 and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
square yards
Transcript text: The radius of a circle is 12 yards. What is the circle's area?
Use $\pi \approx 3.14$ and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
$\square$ square yards
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Formula for the area of a circle
The area of a circle is given by the formula A = πr², where 'r' is the radius of the circle.
Step 2: Substitute the given value
Given that the radius (r) is 12 yards, we substitute this value into the formula:
A = π * (12 yd)²