Our familiar friend, Archimedes, stated in his book, Measurement of a Circle, that "the area of a circle is to the square of its diameter as 11 is to 14." This is essentially a proportional statement equivalent to the following:
Use Archimedes' formula to find the following:
A) The area of a circle with diameter of 50.
Answer: Area =
Round your answer to two decimal places (hundredths).
B) The area of a circle with diameter of 69.
Answer: Area =
Round your answer to two decimal places (hundredths).
Note: Archimedes' proportion leads to value of of 22/7, which is still commonly used today. Can you prove this fact? Try it! (This question is not officially part of this problem.)
Use Archimedes' formula to find the following:
A) The area of a circle with diameter of 50.
Answer: Area =
Round your answer to two decimal places (hundredths).
B) The area of a circle with diameter of 69.
Answer: Area =
Round your answer to two decimal places (hundredths).
Note: Archimedes' proportion leads to value of of 22/7, which is still commonly used today. Can you prove this fact? Try it! (This question is not officially part of this problem.)