2006 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 7
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Problem
Circle has a radius of
. Circle
has a circumference of
. Circle
has an area of
. List the circles in order from smallest to largest radius.
Solution
Using the formulas of circles, and
. Therefore, circle Y has a radius of 4 and circle Z has a radius of 3. Thus, the order from smallest to largest radius is
.