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What is the area of the shaded part of this circle if the radius is 4 and it measures 2 in the shaded part the circle looks like a donut and the edible part or the outside is the shaded part

the answer is 12 please explain to me why 12 is the answer

 Apr 19, 2014

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The area of the whole circle is

Aall=π42=16π

The area of the non-shaded part is

Aunshaded=π22=4π

The area of the shaded part is the difference of these

Ashaded=AallAunshaded=16π4π=12π

 Apr 19, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

The area of the whole circle is

Aall=π42=16π

The area of the non-shaded part is

Aunshaded=π22=4π

The area of the shaded part is the difference of these

Ashaded=AallAunshaded=16π4π=12π

Rom Apr 19, 2014

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