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Re: On a rectangular coordinate plane, a circle centered at (0, [#permalink]
can u explain again how u got the length of the square as 4?
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I'm also confused. If the origin is the center of the circle, then the radius is 2root2, which squared equals 8! So area of the circle should be 8pi !

I got 6.87, since the area of the square is 32...sorry if i messed something up but i dont seem to be the only one!
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1. Find the Side Length of the Square ( $\(s\)$ )

The square has two adjacent vertices at $\(A(0,-2 \sqrt{2})\)$ and $\(B(2 \sqrt{2}, 0)\)$. The distance between these two points is the length of one side:

$$
\(\begin{gathered}
s=\sqrt{\left(x_2-x_1\right)^2+\left(y_2-y_1\right)^2} \\
s=\sqrt{(2 \sqrt{2}-0)^2+(0-(-2 \sqrt{2}))^2} \\
s=\sqrt{(2 \sqrt{2})^2+(2 \sqrt{2})^2}=\sqrt{8+8}=\sqrt{16}=4
\end{gathered}\)
$$


The area of the square ( $\(A_{\text {square }}\)$ ) is:

$$
\(A_{\text {square }}=s^2=4^2=16\)
$$

2. Find the Radius of the Circle ( $r$ )

A circle inscribed in a square has a diameter equal to the square's side length. Therefore, the radius is half the side length:

$$
\(r=\frac{s}{2}=\frac{4}{2}=2\)
$$


The area of the circle ( $\(A_{\text {circle }}\)$ ) is:

$$
\(A_{\text {circle }}=\pi r^2=\pi\left(2^2\right)=4 \pi \approx 12.566\)
$$

3. Calculate the Target Area

The area of the region inside the square but outside the circle is the difference between their areas:

$$
\(\begin{gathered}
\text { Area }=A_{\text {square }}-A_{\text {circle }} \\
\text { Area }=16-4 \pi \approx 16-12.56637 \ldots=3.43362 \ldots
\end{gathered}\)
$$


Rounding to the nearest tenth, we get:
Area $\(\approx 3.4\)$
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