Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 2
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2. Area of Circles
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Exercise 2 Page 627

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

About 2464in.^2

Practice makes perfect

Let's consider the given circle.

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 In this case, r= 28. Let's calculate the area using this information. We can use 227 for π.
A = π r^2
A = π ( 28^2)

π ≈ 22/7

A ≈ 22/7 (28^2)
A ≈ 22/7 (784)
A ≈ 22* 784/7
A ≈ 17 248/7
A ≈ 2464
We found that A ≈ 2464, which means that the area of the circle is about 2464 square inches.