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luv2snowboard
luv2snowboard
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High School - 10th Grade

How do you find the circumference of a circle?

the radious is 6, but i want the answer and to know how to do the work.

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Posted by luv2snowboard on Monday February 2, 2009 at 3:38 PM and tagged with circumference, math.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    The formula for the circumference of a circle is C = ПD (circumference = pi times the diameter). The diameter is two times the radius. Therefore, if you have the radius, C = 2 ПR (twice the radius, times pi).

     

    If the radius is 6, the circumference is 12 П.

    Sources:
    http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol2/circumference.html

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    Posted by gbeatty on Monday February 2, 2009 at 3:43 PM