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Area Class
Write a class that has three overloaded static methods for calculating the areas of the following geometric shapes:
- circles
- rectangles
- cylinders
Here are the formulas for calculating the area of the shapes.
Area of a circle: | Area = πr2 |
Where | π is Math.PI and r is the circle’s radius |
Area of a rectangle: | Area = Width × Length |
Area of a cylinder: | Area = πr2h |
Where | π is Math.PI, r is the radius of the cylinder’s base, and h is the cylinder’s height |
Because the three methods are to be overloaded, they should each have the same name, but different parameter lists. Demonstrate the class in a complete

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