2005 March 27th, 10:06 PM
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real gmat question
3)PS:A tile is painted red and in the square facing up is painted a circle touching its borders the sides of the square is painted red. If the side of the square is 10 inches, what is the area of this face that is red?
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2005 March 28th, 12:17 AM
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Eager!
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Re: real gmat question
is the answer 25pi?
Since the circle is touching the boarder of a tile of 10x10. Radius = 5 Pi R^2 = Pi (5)^2 = 25pi... So, is it asking the circle area that is painted red, or the area outside the circle, if neither, i think maybe more info is needed?
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