ACT Math - How to find the area of a circle

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Find the area of a circle given a radius of 1.

$\pi$

$2\pi$

$4\pi$

$0.5\pi$

Explanation

To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a circle.

In this particular case, substitute one in for the radius in the following equation.

Thus,

$A=\pi{r^2}=\pi*1^2=\pi*1=\pi$

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?

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8π - 16

4π-4

8π-4

2π-4

8π-8

Explanation

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.

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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

Explanation

The area of an annulus is

$\pi (R^{2}-r^{2})$

where is the radius of the larger circle, and is the radius of the smaller circle.

$\pi (25^{2}-10^{2})$

$\pi (625-100)$

$525\pi$

What is the area of a cirlce with a circumference of $24\pro\pi$ ?

$144\pi$

$576\pi$

$36\pi$

$48\pi$

$24\pi$

Explanation

The formula for the circumference of a circle is $c = 2*\pi*r$ . Because we are given the circumference we substitute $24\pi$ for and solve for , yielding .

Next, we need to plug in our value for into the formula for the area of a circle.

$A = \pi * r^{2}$ and get

$A = 144\pi$

A 6 by 8 rectangle is inscribed in a circle. What is the area of the circle?

$20\pi$

$10\pi$

$4\pi$

$25\pi$

Explanation

The image below shows the rectangle inscribed in the circle. Dividing the rectangle into two triangles allows us to find the diameter of the circle, which is equal to the length of the line we drew. Using a2+b2= c2 we get 62 + 82 = c2. c2 = 100, so c = 10. The area of a circle is $A=\pi r^2$ . Radius is half of the diameter of the circle (which we know is 10), so r = 5.

$A=\pi *5^2=25\pi$

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Assume π = 3.14

A man would like to put a circular whirlpool in his backyard. He would like the whirlpool to be six feet wide. His backyard is 8 feet long by 7 feet wide. By state regulation, in order to put a whirlpool in a backyard space, the space must be 1.5 times bigger than the pool. Can the man legally install the whirlpool?

Yes, because the area of the whirlpool is 18.84 square feet and 1.5 times its area would be less than the area of the backyard.

Yes, because the area of the whirlpool is 28.26 square feet and 1.5 times its area would be less than the area of the backyard.

No, because the area of the backyard is smaller than the area of the whirlpool.

No, because the area of the whirlpool is 42.39 square feet and 1.5 times its area would be greater than the area of the backyard.

No, because the area of the backyard is 30 square feet and therefore the whirlpool is too big to meet the legal requirement.

Explanation

If you answered that the whirlpool’s area is 18.84 feet and therefore fits, you are incorrect because 18.84 is the circumference of the whirlpool, not the area.

If you answered that the area of the whirlpool is 56.52 feet, you multiplied the area of the whirlpool by 1.5 and assumed that that was the correct area, not the legal limit.

If you answered that the area of the backyard was smaller than the area of the whirlpool, you did not calculate area correctly.

And if you thought the area of the backyard was 30 feet, you found the perimeter of the backyard, not the area.

The correct answer is that the area of the whirlpool is 28.26 feet and, when multiplied by 1.5 = 42.39, which is smaller than the area of the backyard, which is 56 square feet.

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A star is inscribed in a circle with a diameter of 30, given the area of the star is 345, find the area of the shaded region, rounded to one decimal.

361.5

346.5

351.5

356.5

341.5

Explanation

The area of the circle is (30/2)2*3.14 (π) = 706.5, since the shaded region is simply the area difference between the circle and the star, it’s 706.5-345 = 361.5

Find the area of a circle given the radius is 8.

$64\pi$