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Find the perimeter of each semicircle given its radius or diameter. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
(a) d = 12 mm
_______ mm
(b) r = 4 ft
________ ft
(c) 9 m
___m
(d) 11.5 in
_____in
The formula for perimeter/circumference is dπ, where d is the diameter.
a) d=12, so the circumference is 12π. Since the question is asking for a semicircle, we divide 12π by 2 to get 6π mm. The question is asking to round your answer, so we can get 18.85 mm.
b) If r=4, then d=8. We do the same thing for this problem as we did the last. The circumference for the semicircle would be 4π ft. This multiplied by π rounds to 12.57 ft.
c) The question does not specify is d=9 or r=9. If d=9, the circumference would be 4.5π m. If r=9, the circumference would be 9π m. This will give us 28.27 m.
d) This question does not specify whether d=11.5 or r=11.5, as well. If d=11.5, the circumference for the semicircle would be 5.75π in. If r=11.5, the circumference for the semicircle would be 11.5π in. So our answer would be 36.13 in.
- Daisy