The side of a square is 10 cm.
Find
(i) the area of the inscribed circle, and
(ii) the area of the circumscribed circle.
(i) If a circle is inscribed in a square, then the side of the square is equal to the diameter of the circle.
Side of the square = 10 cm
Side = Diameter = 10
∴ Radius = 5 cm
Area of the inscribed circle $=\pi r^{2}$
$=3.14 \times 5 \times 5$
$=78.5 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$
(ii) If a circle is circumscribed in a square, then the diagonal of the square is equal to the diameter of the circle.
Diagonal of the square $=\sqrt{2} \times$ Side of the square
$=\sqrt{2} \times 10$
$=10 \sqrt{2} \mathrm{~cm}$
Diagonal $=$ Diameter $=10 \sqrt{2} \mathrm{~cm}$
$\therefore r=5 \sqrt{2} \mathrm{~cm}$
Now,
Area of the circumscribed circle $=\pi r^{2}$
$=3.14 \times(5 \sqrt{2})^{2}$
$=3.14 \times 50$
$=157 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$