A shaded circle has a diameter of 12 feet. Within the circle, is another white circle with a radius of 2 feet. What is the area of the shaded circle.

Answer 1

According to your wording, the area of the shaded circle is 36π ft^2

The small circle has an area of 4π ft^2

if you want the area of the shaded circle minus the smaller circle is would simply be 32π ft^2