Increase in circumference of circle = 5%? Increase in radius is also 5%.Now, increase in area of circle = 2a + (a2/100) %Where, a = increase in radius= 2 x 5 + (5 x 5)/100 % = 10.25%
let original radius = r and new radius = (50/100) r = r/2 original area = ?r 2 and new area = ? r / 2 2 decrease in area = 3 ?r 2 / 4 * 1 ?r 2 *100 = 75%