No, the radius is not 3.14 . The radius is 1/2 of the diameter . . . That's 6 feet.
If you see 3.14 on the sheet, then that's the number you're supposed to use for pi .
The area of any circle is (pi) x (radius squared).
If the table were a full circle, its area would be (pi) x (6 squared) = 36 pi square feet.
But it's only half of that . . . 18 pi = (18) x (3.14) = <u>56.52 square feet</u>.
That's called the "area" of the table, not the "square feet" of the table.
And another thing: I see you're asking for the "closest" number. Don't ask me
how I know this, but I'm pretty sure that right under this question wherever you
copied it from, there's a list of choices, and when you posted the question, for
some reason you decided not to share the list.
When dealing with percentages it is often much easier to convert it to a decimal (mostly because a lot of people are uncomfortable working with fractions) but in this case, I suggest dividing 1 into 5 [hint hint fractions are just glorified division in the long run] and after you have done that multiply by 100. This will get you your answer.
We have two variables p and q that need to be found.
p = # of pints
q= # of quarts
16p+32q=1280
- you do not jump into looking for the answer to each variable as it is asking for an equation not to find what p and q is
