Saturday, January 22, 2011

The floor of a round hut has a diameter of 6meters. What is the floor's circumference?

The most commonly used equation for circumference is
C=2πr.  Where c is the circumference, π is pi (or 3.14159...), and r is the
radius.


In your equation, you are given diameter.  Remember
that the radius is half of the diameter.  So, in this case, the radius, r, is half of 6,
or 3 meters.


Now, substitute the radius into the equation
for circumference, and you get:


C=
2π(3)


= approximately 18.84
meters



What you know have found is the distance
around the circle.

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