Betty has the option of using three types of tables in her coffee shop: square tables with a side length of 42 inches; rectangular tables 26 inches wide and 73 2/3 inches long; and round tables with a diameter of 36 inches.

Which of the tables has the largest area? What is the area of that table?

2 answers

A1 = 42 * 42

A2 = 26 * 221/3

A3 = 3.14159 * 18 * 18
I don’t understand the steps here.