Question

The circular rug is placed on a square floor. The rug touches all four walls. How much of the floor space is not covered by the rug? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

To solve this, we first need the area of the square, then subtract from it the area of the circle. Since our instructions tell us to round to the nearest hundredth, we will use 3.1415 for pi. First the square:

A = s * s so

A = 15 * 15 and

A = 225; next the circle:

A = 3.1415 * 7.5*7.5 (the area of a circle is pi times the radius squared. The radius is half of the diameter which is 15, so r = 7.5) so

A = 176.709

Subtracting the area of the circle from the area of the square:

225 - 176.709 = 48.29 ft squared.