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Example Question #331 : Plane Geometry
Find the area of a circle given radius of 7.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a circle. Thus,
To remember this formula, think about area and how it is in two dimensions, not one or three. So, one of our variables will have to be squared. By process of elimination, it must be r because pi doesn't change so it only makes sense to square the variable that changes between all circles.
Example Question #332 : Sat Mathematics
The circumference of a circle is . What is its area?
None of the given answers.
The circumference C of a circle with radius r is expressed by:
Our circle's circumference is . Therefore,
Plug this r-value into the formula for the area of a circle.
Example Question #33 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle
In the above figure, .
What percent of the figure is white?
For the sake of simplicity, we will assume that ; this reasoning is independent of the actual length.
The four concentric circles have radii 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, and their areas can be found by substituting each radius for in the formula :
- this is the area of the white circle in the center.
- this is the total area of the figure.
The area of the white ring is the difference between those at of the second-largest and third-largest circles:
The total area of the white portion of the figure is
,
which is
of the figure.
Example Question #334 : Geometry
A circle with radius units fits inside of a square such as the circle is tangent to the sides of the square. What is the area inside of the square but outside of the circle?
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If the radius of the circle is units, that means that the diameter is units. Because the circle is tangent to the sides of the square, we also know that each side of the square is also units.
The area of the square is given by its length times its width, or:
The area of the circle is given by:
The area that we're looking for lies outside of the circle but inside of the square. To get this area, we subtract the area of the circle from the area of the square. This gives us our answer of square units.
Example Question #335 : Geometry
The area of the square in this figure is . What is the area of the entire figure given that the semi-circle atop the square is exactly half of a full circle.
None of the given answers.
If the area of the square is , then that means that each side is since the area of a square is given by .
In the figure, the side of the square is equal to the diameter of the semicircle. Therefore, the semicircle's radius is .
The area of the semicircle is given by:
The area of the entire figure is the sum of the two component areas.
Our total area is .
Example Question #91 : Circles
A circle is circumscribed about a regular hexagon of perimeter 120, Give its area.
Below is the figure referenced; note that the hexagon is divided by its diameters.
The hexagon is divided into six equilateral triangles; the length of each side is equal to the radius of the hexagon, and, consequently, the radius of the circle. The regular hexagon has perimeter 120, so the length of each congruent side is . The radius of the hexagon, and of the circle, is 20 also.
The area of the circle can be found using the area formula, setting :
Example Question #337 : Geometry
A circle is inscribed in a regular hexagon of perimeter 120, Give its area.
Below is the figure referenced; note that the hexagon is divided by its diameters, and that an apothem - a perpendicular segment from the center to one side - has been drawn.
The hexagon is divided into six equilateral triangles. The regular hexagon has perimeter 120, so the length of each congruent side is .
Specifically, is a 30-60-90 triangle. is the midpoint of , so
By the 30-60-90 Theorem, since and are the short and long legs of a right triangle,
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This is the apothem of the hexagon; this is also the radius of the circle.
The area of the circle can be found using the area formula, setting :
Example Question #332 : Plane Geometry
What is in radians?
To convert degrees to radians, we need to remember the following formula.
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Now lets substitute for degrees.
Example Question #335 : Sat Mathematics
A circle is circumscribed by a square, and that square is the base of a cube. If the volume of the cube is 216, what is the area of the circle?
The equation for the volume of a cube is
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If V= 216, then s = 6.
When a circle is circumscribed by a square the diameter of the circle is equal to the length of one side of the square. In this case, one side of the square is equal to 6; therefore the diameter of the circle is also 6. We can find the area of a circle with the equation
and since the radius is equal to half the diameter:
Example Question #1 : Circumference Of A Circle
If a circle has an area of , what is the circumference of the circle?
The formula for the area of a circle is πr2. For this particular circle, the area is 81π, so 81π = πr2. Divide both sides by π and we are left with r2=81. Take the square root of both sides to find r=9. The formula for the circumference of the circle is 2πr = 2π(9) = 18π. The correct answer is 18π.