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

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wreck. how many square miles must be searched?

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Marina86 [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-08T01:22:21+03:00

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

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)

<span>A = 153.94 sq mi thy need to search</span>