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find the circumfence of a circle that is inscribed in a square with side 12 cm.

 Aug 16, 2017

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If the side of the square is 12 cm, then the radius of the circle is half of that, or 6 cm. The circumference of a circle is 2*Pi*r. Substituting r, we get

 

\(2\Pi6cm=12\Pi\approx37.7cm\)

 Aug 16, 2017
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If the side of the square is 12 cm, then the radius of the circle is half of that, or 6 cm. The circumference of a circle is 2*Pi*r. Substituting r, we get

 

\(2\Pi6cm=12\Pi\approx37.7cm\)

Mathhemathh Aug 16, 2017
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That was a creative way of making the symbol for pi! For future reference, use /pi in Latex to get the desired symbol. It looks like this:

\(\pi\)

TheXSquaredFactor  Aug 16, 2017

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