High School Math : Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

If the diameter of a circle is , what is the area of that circle?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a circle is , but the problem gives us the diameter and not the radius.

The diameter is twice the radius, so . We can plug in our given values to find the radius:

Now we can plug this value into our equation for area:

Example Question #5 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

If the area of a circle is , what is the length of the radius?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is . Plug in our given information to solve:

The 's cancel out, leaving us with:

Take the square root of both sides:

Example Question #741 : High School Math

What is the area of a circle with a radius of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for area of a circle is .

Plug in our given information:

Example Question #742 : High School Math

What is the area of a circle with a radius of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for area of a circle is .

Plug in our given information:

Example Question #8 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a circle with a diameter of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for area of a circle is . However, the problem gives us the diameter instead of the radius. The diameter is twice the length of the radius:

We can plug that back into our area equation:

Example Question #5 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a circle with a diameter of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for area of a circle is . However, the problem gives us the diameter instead of the radius. The diameter is twice the length of the radius:

We can plug that back into our original equation and solve:

Example Question #743 : High School Math

What is the area of a circle with a radius of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is .

Plug in our given radius.

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a circle with a radius of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is .

Plug in our radius.

Example Question #13 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a circle with diameter of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is .

The problem gives us the diameter, however, and not the radius. Since the diameter is twice the radius (), then if the diameter is , the radius will be .

Plug that into our given equation.

Example Question #744 : High School Math

What is the area of a circle with diameter of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is .

The problem gives us the diameter, however, and not the radius. Since the diameter is twice the radius (), if the diameter is , the radius will be .

Plug this value into our given equation:

 

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