SAT Math › Radius
100_π_
50_π_
25_π_
10_π_
20_π_
A square with a side length of 4 inches is inscribed in a circle, as shown below. What is the area of the unshaded region inside of the circle, in square inches?
8π - 16
4π-4
8π-4
2π-4
8π-8
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the diameter of the circle (also the diagonal of the square) can be found to be 4√2. Thus, the radius of the circle is half of the diameter, or 2√2. The area of the circle is then π(2√2)2, which equals 8π. Next, the area of the square must be subtracted from the entire circle, yielding an area of 8π-16 square inches.
A square with a side length of 4 inches is inscribed in a circle, as shown below. What is the area of the unshaded region inside of the circle, in square inches?
8π - 16
4π-4
8π-4
2π-4
8π-8
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the diameter of the circle (also the diagonal of the square) can be found to be 4√2. Thus, the radius of the circle is half of the diameter, or 2√2. The area of the circle is then π(2√2)2, which equals 8π. Next, the area of the square must be subtracted from the entire circle, yielding an area of 8π-16 square inches.
100_π_
50_π_
25_π_
10_π_
20_π_
In a large field, a circle with an area of 144_π_ square meters is drawn out. Starting at the center of the circle, a groundskeeper mows in a straight line to the circle's edge. He then turns and mows ¼ of the way around the circle before turning again and mowing another straight line back to the center. What is the length, in meters, of the path the groundskeeper mowed?
24_π_
12 + 6_π_
12 + 36_π_
24 + 6_π_
24 + 36_π_
Circles have an area of πr_2, where r is the radius. If this circle has an area of 144_π, then you can solve for the radius:
πr_2 = 144_π
r 2 = 144
r =12
When the groundskeeper goes from the center of the circle to the edge, he's creating a radius, which is 12 meters.
When he travels ¼ of the way around the circle, he's traveling ¼ of the circle's circumference. A circumference is 2_πr_. For this circle, that's 24_π_ meters. One-fourth of that is 6_π_ meters.
Finally, when he goes back to the center, he's creating another radius, which is 12 meters.
In all, that's 12 meters + 6_π_ meters + 12 meters, for a total of 24 + 6_π_ meters.
A circle with an area of 13_π_ in2 is centered at point C. What is the circumference of this circle?
2√13_π_
√13_π_
26_π_
√26_π_
13_π_
The formula for the area of a circle is A = _πr_2.
We are given the area, and by substitution we know that 13_π_ = _πr_2.
We divide out the π and are left with 13 = _r_2.
We take the square root of r to find that r = √13.
We find the circumference of the circle with the formula C = 2_πr_.
We then plug in our values to find C = 2√13_π_.
In a large field, a circle with an area of 144_π_ square meters is drawn out. Starting at the center of the circle, a groundskeeper mows in a straight line to the circle's edge. He then turns and mows ¼ of the way around the circle before turning again and mowing another straight line back to the center. What is the length, in meters, of the path the groundskeeper mowed?
24_π_
12 + 6_π_
12 + 36_π_
24 + 6_π_
24 + 36_π_
Circles have an area of πr_2, where r is the radius. If this circle has an area of 144_π, then you can solve for the radius:
πr_2 = 144_π
r 2 = 144
r =12
When the groundskeeper goes from the center of the circle to the edge, he's creating a radius, which is 12 meters.
When he travels ¼ of the way around the circle, he's traveling ¼ of the circle's circumference. A circumference is 2_πr_. For this circle, that's 24_π_ meters. One-fourth of that is 6_π_ meters.
Finally, when he goes back to the center, he's creating another radius, which is 12 meters.
In all, that's 12 meters + 6_π_ meters + 12 meters, for a total of 24 + 6_π_ meters.
A circle with an area of 13_π_ in2 is centered at point C. What is the circumference of this circle?
2√13_π_
√13_π_
26_π_
√26_π_
13_π_
The formula for the area of a circle is A = _πr_2.
We are given the area, and by substitution we know that 13_π_ = _πr_2.
We divide out the π and are left with 13 = _r_2.
We take the square root of r to find that r = √13.
We find the circumference of the circle with the formula C = 2_πr_.
We then plug in our values to find C = 2√13_π_.
Kate has a ring-shaped lawn which has an inner radius of 10 feet and an outer radius 25 feet. What is the area of her lawn?
125π ft2
175π ft2
525π ft2
275π ft2
325π ft2
The area of an annulus is
where is the radius of the larger circle, and
is the radius of the smaller 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.