We are asked to determine the area of a circle that has 8 miles of radius since we are told that the storm is expected to hit 8 miles in every direction. The area of the circle is:
[tex]A=\pi r^2[/tex]Now, we plug in the value of the radius:
[tex]A=\pi(8mi)^2[/tex]Solving the operations:
[tex]A=201.1mi^2[/tex]Therefore, the area that will be affected is 201.1 square miles.
