Question
Some flowers are being planted in a circular flower bed with a 10-foot diameter. If each flower requires 5 square feet of space, about how many flowers can be planted?
What formula do I use to solve this?
What formula do I use to solve this?
Answers
rbowh
Find area of bed.
A = pi * r^2
A = pi * r^2
Chase
So, A = 3.14 x 10 squared =
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rbowh
No. The radius is half the diameter.
Then divide by 5 sq. ft.
Then divide by 5 sq. ft.
Chase
A= 3.14 x 5 divided by 5 ?
Sorry I am lost.
The diameter is 10 so half is 5.
Then divided by 5 square feet.
Sorry I am lost.
The diameter is 10 so half is 5.
Then divided by 5 square feet.
rbowh
Yes.
3.14 * 5^2 = area of circular bed
area of circular bed/5 = number of flowers
3.14 * 5^2 = area of circular bed
area of circular bed/5 = number of flowers