Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 2
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2. Area of Circles
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Exercise 3 Page 626

The area of a circle equals the product of π and the square of its radius.

About 201.0m^2

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We are given a circle with a diameter of 16 meters.

Circle
We want to find the area of the circle. Recall that the area A of a circle equals the product of π and the square of its radius r. A = π r^2 Since the diameter of the circle is 16 meters, the radius of the circle is ( 12* 16) meters or 8 meters. Let's calculate the area using this information. We can use 3.14 for π.
A = π r^2
A = π ( 8^2)

π ≈ 3.14

A ≈ 3.14 (8^2)
A ≈ 3.14 (64)
A ≈ 200.96
A ≈ 201.0
We found that A ≈ 201.0, which means that the area of the circle is about 201.0 square meters.