How to find the diameter of a circle when given area?

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darbym82

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on: Oct 3, 2013

I don't need any other crap. Just tell me the formula because I am hopelessly confused on my math homework. I'm serious. Please only answer if have an idea of how to find it.

curlz

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Reply #1 on: Oct 3, 2013

since area = pi r^2 then take the area, divide it by pi, then take the square root of that answer. This will give you diameter, therefore, double this to get diameter

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