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    I know the circumference of an object, how do I find the area?
    Donagan
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    If the object is a circle, and you know its circumference, you would divide the circumference by pi to find the diameter of the circle. Half the diameter is the radius. Square the radius and multiply by pi to find the area of the circle.
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    How do I calculate the circumference of a circle?
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    To find the circumference of a circle, simply multiply the diameter by pi (3.14). For example: If d= 23cm, C= 3.14 x 23cm, so C= 72.22cm.
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    Is this formula correct?
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    C = pi * d calculates the circumference (distance around the outside of the circle). D in the formula refers to the diameter which is the width of the circle. The formula for the area of a circle is A = pi * r * r where r is the radius (diameter / 2).
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    How do I convert the area of a circle in cm to area of a circle in meters?
    Donagan
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    Divide the area in square centimeters by 10,000 to find the area in square meters.
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    How do I find the area if I was only given the diameter?
    Donagan
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    Half the diameter is the radius. Square the radius and multiply by pi to find the area.
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    How do I get the inside dimensions of a pipe with a total length of 45 inches?
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    Knowing for sure requires seeing a cross section. You wouldn't be asking, I presume, if you could see the inside. If the pipe was made after WWII, try a comparison. Measure the outside circumference of the pipe, or the outside diameter using something like calipers. Note the material; PVC, copper, iron and then go to a hardware store that sells pipe. Find a pipe of the same material and exterior dimensions, and measure its interior.
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    What do I do if I have a fraction for the radius and want to solve the area of a circle?
    Donagan
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    Square the fraction, and multiply by pi.
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    How do I find the total area of five circles joined together?
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    Most basically, you will need to find the areas of each circle separately, and then add them up. Somewhere in your problem, you must be provided with the radius of each circle, or some way of determining the radius, diameter or circumference of each circle.
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    How can I calculate the number of chicks in a round box?
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    You will need to know some more data about the size of a chick and the size of the round box. It is possible that your problem includes the radius of a chick and the radius of the round box. Calculate the areas, and divide the total area of the box by the area taken up by one chick.
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    How do I convert inches to feet when finding the area of a circle?
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    You convert inches to feet the same way to find the area of a circle as you do to find anything else. 1 foot = 12 inches, or 1 inch = 1/12 foot. (If you're asking how to convert from square inches to square feet, divide the number of square inches by 144 to get square feet.)
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    If I have a tank that is 60 feet in diameter, how do I find the total volume of the liquid that is at a depth of one foot?
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    Use the diameter to find the area of the circle, and then multiply that by the height to find the volume. If d=60 ft, then r=30 ft. Then A=pi*r^2, so the area = 900pi sq.ft. The volume of the tank is equal to the area times the depth, so V =900pi*1 = 900x3.14x1 = 2826 cubic feet
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    How do I calculate the radius if the only given is the area of the circle?
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    Do the aforementioned steps, just in reverse. Divide by pi, then find the square root. You will then have the radius.
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    How do I calculate the area of half a circle?
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    Area is A = pi * r^2, where r is the circle's radius. Since a semicircle is half of a circle, we can simply divide that equation by two to calculate the area of semicircle. So, the formula is A = (pi * r^2)/2.
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    How do I find the ratio of areas of two circles when the ratio of radii is given?
    Donagan
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    The ratio of the areas is the square of the ratio of the radii. For example, if the ratio of the radii is 2:3, the ratio of the areas is 4:9.
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    If the diameter of a wire is 0.3 mm, how can I find its area?
    Donagan
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    πr²: (3.14)(0.3)² = (3.14)(0.09) = 0.2826 square millimeter.
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    How do I calculate a circumference when given the radius?
    Donagan
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    Double the radius, and multiply by pi.
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    How do I find to radius when given the area?
    Donagan
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    Divide the area by pi. Find the square root of that number.
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    How can I prove that the area of a circle is equal to pi*r^2?
    Donagan
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    Go here for an explanation: MathOpenRef.com/CircleAreaDerive.html.
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    How to find the area of a circle with another circle inside it, given the length of the outer circle to the inner circle is 10mm?
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    I suspect that what you really need to find is the area of a ring, which the center circle hollow. To do this, you need to find the area of the outside circle, using A=pi*r^2. Then find the area of the inner circle, and just subtract. You need to be told the radius of at least one of the circles. You cannot find the solution if all you know is the distance between the two circles.
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    Find area of a circle with a radius of 6 miles?
    Charlotte Cecillia Chang
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    pi times (6 squared). Just use the formula above and you'll be fine.
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    The perimeter of a circle is 44cm. What is the area of the circle?
    Donagan
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    44 equals pi multiplied by the diameter. 44 = πd. Then d = 44 / π = 44 / 3.14 = 14. The radius is half the diameter. So r = 7. The area is πr² = π(7)² = 49π = 153.86 square centimeters.
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    Find the area of the circle whose radius is 25cm?
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    A = πr² = (3.14)(25)² = (3.14)(625) = 1,962.5 sq cm.25π^2.
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    What is the radius of a circle if the area is 36m square?
    Donagan
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    The formula for the radius of a circle is r = √(A/π). So divide 36 by pi, then find the square root of the quotient.
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    How do I find diameter if only area of circle is given?
    Donagan
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    Divide the area by pi. Then find the square root of that quotient. Double the square root. That's the diameter.
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    What if the diameter is 11 inches, what is the formula can I use?
    Donagan
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    Use the usual formula, A = πr². The radius is 5½ inches.
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    How would you calculate 1/2 mile x 1/2 mile into the area of a circle?
    Donagan
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    If you mean the circle's radius is 1/2 mile, the area is πr² = (3.14)(½)² = 0.785 square mile.
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    How do we calculate the area of a circle whose πis 22/7?
    Donagan
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    Multiply 22/7 by the square of the radius.
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    What is the area of circle with D=8.4?
    Donagan
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    If D is the diameter, take half of it, which is the radius, square the radius and multiply by pi.
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    How do I calculate the area of a object that has a inverted circle in it? (For example, a rectangle with a half of a circle cutting out a part of the rectangle.)
    Donagan
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    In your example you would have to know the length and width of the rectangle and the radius or diameter of the semicircle. Multiply the length of the rectangle by its width to get its full area. Then find the area of the semicircle, which would be half of pi multiplied by the square of the radius. Then subtract the area of the semicircle from the full area of the rectangle.
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    If I'm given 44cm² area of circle, how do find the radius?
    Donagan
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    πr² = 44. r² = 44 / π = 44 / 3.14 = 14. r = √14 = 3.74 cm.
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