Find the area of a semicircle

Answer:
18pi, or 56.52
Step-by-step explanation:
To start off, if you were to find the area of any whole circle, you would use the formula: pi x radius^2 = area of circle
However, since this is a semi-circle (half of a whole circle) you would divide the whole expression by 2, and then solve:
(pi x radius^2)/2 = area of semi-circle
(pi x 6^2)/2 = area of semi-circle
(36 x pi)/2 = area of semi-circle
18 x pi = area of semi-circle
18 x 3.14 = area of semi-circle
56.52 = area of semi-circle
The area of a circle is
[tex]\pi \: {r}^{2} [/tex]
So the area of a semicircle would be half of that, or
[tex] \frac{\pi}{2} {r}^{2} [/tex]
So just plug in the radius, six, to get this
[tex]18\pi[/tex]