2010 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 16
Problem 16
A square and a circle have the same area. What is the ratio of the side length of the square to the radius of the circle?
Solution
Let the side length of the square be , and let the radius of the circle be
. Thus we have
. Dividing each side by
, we get
. Since
, we have
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