What is the area of this figure?
9 mi
5 mi
8 mi
6 mi
3 mi
3 mi

54 square miles

Step-by-step explanation:

The easiest thing to do is to separate the figure into one 5x9 rectangle and one 3x3 square. The rectangle area is 5x9=45 square miles and the square is 3x3=9 square miles. So total is 45+9=54 square miles.

answer

explanation

the area of a circle is calculated using the formula

or

we can use any of the above formulae to calculate the required. preferably, let us use the latter since the diameter is

we substitute the diameter into the formula to get:

this is the exact value for the area of the circle.

the correct answer is a