Tara's living room is 16 feet long and 12 feet wide with a circular rug on the floor as shown in the image.
What is the approximate area of the rug?
Use 3.14 for pi.
Round your answer to the nearest foot.
To find the approximate area of the rug, we need to find the area of the circle.
The formula for the area of a circle is: A = πr^2, where A is the area and r is the radius.
Since we are given the diameter of the rug, we need to divide it by 2 to find the radius. The diameter is the length of the living room, which is 16 feet.
r = 16/2 = 8 feet
Now we can find the area of the rug using the formula:
A ≈ 3.14 * (8)^2
A ≈ 3.14 * 64
A ≈ 200.96
The approximate area of the rug is 201 square feet.