what is the area of the largest circle that will fit in a square with area 64 cm squared

please help me its confusing

1 answer

We need to find the length of a side of the square -- which is the diameter of the circle.

A = s^2
64 = s^2
8 = s

The diameter of the circle is 8 cm. The radius is 4 cm

Area of a circle:

A = pi * r^2
A = 3.14 * 4^2
A = ?