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A piece of wire of length 108 cm is bent to form a semicircle arc bounded by its diameter. Find its radius and area enclosed.

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circumference of semicircle+diameter=total length of wire

πr+2r=108
so r=21

now area of semicircle where r =21
πr^2/2=693

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