The zoo also has a merry go round. To set up the merry go round, the zoo manager has to clear some land. The diameter of the merry go round is 18 feet. How much land does the manager need to clear in order to build the merry go round?

254.34 m^2

Step-by-step explanation:

To know the amount of land that needs to be cleared, we must calculate the area that this land would occupy.

We know that the area would be determined by:

A = pi * r ^ 2

the radius is half the diameter:

r = d / 2 = 18/2

r = 9

the radius equals 9 feet, replacing:

A = 3.14 * 9 ^ 2

A = 254.34

Therefore, an equivalent amount of land 254.34 square meters would have to be cleared so that it can be built