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8.9 Exercise 15

Avg difficulty 2.5

The area of a circle varies directly as the square of the radius. A circular pizza with a radius of 6 inches has an area of 113.04 square inches.

  1. ⓐ Write the equation that relates the area to the radius.
  2. ⓑ What is the area of a pizza with a radius of 9 inches?

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