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the area of a circle is 96 square inches. What is the area of a circlewhose diameter is 1.5 times the diameter of the circle?

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ak78
The area of a circle A equals either:
πr² or πd²/4

96 = πd²/4 => d = 11 inches

The diameter of the second circle equals :
11*1.5 = 16.5 inches

The area equals: π(16.5)²/4 = 214 square inches

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