Divers erected a cage in the shape of an upright
cylinder on the ocean floor for protection. The diameter
of the base measures 32 feet. How much space on the
ocean floor does the cage cover?

Answerthe simplified expression isexplanationthe given expression is,let us deal with the bracket first.the two negatives in the parenthesis will become positive.the expression now becomes,we now expand the parenthesis to get,we group like terms to obtain,this simplifies to,