A fugitive has escaped in a train wreck. the police believe he could not have traveled more than 7 mi in any direction from the wreck. how many square miles must be searched?

the police believe he could not have traveled more than 7 mi in any direction from the wreck.

This 7 mi represents the radius of the circular area they need to search. Sp the fomula for the area of a circle:

A = pi (r^2)

Where r is the radius

A = pi (7^2)

A = 153.94 sq mi thy need to search