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eli
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eli asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 8 years ago

Radius of a circle problem test 1?

If the radius of a circle is decreased by 30 percent, by what percent will the area of the circular region be decreased?

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    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    If the radius decreased by 30%, the new radius is 70% of the old one, so area will

    decrease by .7^2=.49 or 49% since A=pir^2

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