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CalculateCircleArea

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AP Computer Science A

Definition

The method name `calculateCircleArea` refers to a function defined within the `Shapes` class. It takes the radius of a circle as input and calculates the area of the circle using the formula `Math.PI * Math.pow(radius, 2)`.

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