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colakumarfanta
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A circle is inside a rectangle . Dimensions of rectangle are 8 and 10 . So the largest area of square is ?
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From where the square came into picture?colakumarfanta wrote:A circle is inside a rectangle . Dimensions of rectangle are 8 and 10 . So the largest area of square is ?
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If I assume that question is 'A circle is inside a rectangle . Dimensions of rectangle are 8 and 10 . So the largest area of circle is ?'
then the largest circle will have diameter equal to the smaller side of the rectangle in this case which is 8
hence area pi*4^2 or 16*pi
then the largest circle will have diameter equal to the smaller side of the rectangle in this case which is 8
hence area pi*4^2 or 16*pi
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