How to find the length of the diameter - Math

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Two legs of a right triangle measure 3 and 4, respectively. What is the area of the circle that circumscribes the triangle?

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For the circle to contain all 3 vertices, the hypotenuse must be the diameter of the circle. The hypotenuse, and therefore the diameter, is 5, since this must be a 3-4-5 right triangle.

The equation for the area of a circle is A = πr2.

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