SOLUTION: What is the diameter of a circle that is enclosed in a square with lengths of 10 cm.?

Question 947296: What is the diameter of a circle that is enclosed in a square with lengths of 10 cm.?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Draw a square, side length 10 cm, and INSCRIBE a circle. This circle and square touch in four points, and each of these points is the center of a side of the square. The distance from one of these points to the point on an opposite side is ALSO 10 cm, and forms a diameter of the circle.

The diameter of this circle is 10 cm.

You just need to draw a picture of the description to see this.
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