a fugitive has escaped in a train wreck. the police believe he could not have traveled more than 7 mi in any direction from the wreck. how many square miles must be searched?

Answer :

the police believe he could not have traveled more than 7 mi in any direction from the wreck. 

This 7 mi represents the radius of the circular area they need to search. Sp the fomula for the area of a circle :

A = pi(r^2)

Where r is the radius

 

A = pi( 7^2)

A = 153.94 sq mi thy need to search

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