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Question 70067:
Can someone please help me find the circumference of a circle with a radius of 45cm?

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Question 70179: Help!!!

Find the radius of a circle with an area of 314 sq mm.

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Question 70178: HELP!!!
Find the area of a circle with a radius of 8in.

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Question 70334: Two circular regions are tangent to each other, one being larger than the other. The distance between the centers is 10 feet.
Find the radius of each circle if the combined area is 52pi square feet.

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Question 70339This question is from textbook College Algebra Essentials
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The endpoints of the diameter of a circle are (-3,2) and (5,-6). Find the center and the radius of the circle. Write the general equation of this circle.
I had thought maybe to to use the midpoint formula and distance formula, but am not really sure.
question 131 from chapter 1 Review Exercises
This question is from textbook College Algebra Essentials

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Question 70337This question is from textbook College Algebra Essentials
: Hi,
I am trying to find the center and radius of this circle. I thought I had it until I tried to factor it, so I appreciate any help!

This is what I have so far by completing the square...

Thank you!
note, this is Q 125 from chapter 1 Review Exercises.

This question is from textbook College Algebra Essentials

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Question 70497: how do you find diameter when given area
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Question 70941: Suppose there is a semicircle below the rectangle as well as above it. Find the dimensions of the window which admit most sunlight for a given perimeter 8m
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Question 71137: Heyy i really need some help on this question.. give me a hand pleasee.
In a circle with radius 7cm, a chord is 3cm from the center. How long is another chord located 3 cm from the center?
Those are the choice of answers, could you please give me the steps of how to do it please!

A) 2 (root)10
B)7
C)4 (root)10
D)14

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Question 71211: The second hand on a clock is 6 inches long. How far does the tip of the hand move in 40 seconds?
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Question 71136: Heyy i really need some help on this question.. give me a hand pleasee.
In a circle with radius 7cm, a chord is 3cm from the center. How long is another chord located 3 cm from the center?
Those are the choice of answers, could you please give me the steps of how to do it please!

A) 2 (root)10
B)7
C)4 (root)10
D)14

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Question 71296: Please help
Give the equation for the circle with center c(3,-2) and radius 4.
Please show me how to do this
Thank you

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Question 71763: In a circle, the length of an arc with a measure 120 is 14pi. Find the radius of the cirlce
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Question 72892: Rick is measuring the dimensions of his driveway. He is using a measuring wheel with a circumference of 36 inches. What is the diameter of the wheel?
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Question 72894: Mr. Perez built this circular garden. The inner circle has a diameter of 22 feet. The outer circle has a diameter of 44 feet. The circumference of section B is how many times as long as the circumference of Section A?
What is the area of section B?

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Question 73369: a chord of a circle is 4 inches from the center. If the diameter of the circle is 10 inches, find the length of the chord.
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Question 73450: a chord of a circle is 4 inches from the center. If the diameter of the circle is 10 inches, find the length of the chord.
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Question 73980: what is the circumference of a circle
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Question 73981: all about the area of the circle?

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Question 74091: A diameter of a cirle is 32 yards long.A chord is 11 yards from the center. How long is the cord?
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Question 74160: I have a poster project due in the next 48 hours all of it is on the term "pi" I can't really think of any examples of pi. I have to have 7 of them can you help? Also I have to have at least 4 example problems.
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Question 74519: If the radius of a circle is .25, what is the area? I came up with .19634. How can that be?
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Question 75247: What is the area of a sector of a circle which has a diameter of 10 in, if the length of the arc is 10in?
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Question 75366: a rotating lawn sprinkler shoots water a distance of 10 meters. what is the area of the region where it waters
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Question 75495: a swimming pool has the shape of a semi-circle. if the area is 308 square meters, find the perimeter of the pool.[pi=22/7]
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Question 75497: the diameter of the circleis 5 cm. the angle of the unshaded portion is 60 degrees. find the area of the unshaded potion.
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Question 75647: Is there a formula to answer the following question?
I know the chord of a circle is 10" and at the mid point of this chord is another line that reaches up to the edge of the circle and it is 1" long. What is the radius of the circle? this question is not in a text book.
Thank you for your time,
Amy

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Question 76386: a circular tabletop has a circumference of 37 feet. What are the approximate measures of the diameter of the tabletop?
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Question 76708: Hi! I have no idea how to help my son with the following problem. Could you please help us? It is: radius = 3/4 inch. Thank-you!
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Question 77121: Four circles, each of radius 5 inches, fit tightly in a square 20 inches on a side. Each circle is tangent to two other circles. What is the area, to the nearest tenth of a square inch, of the region enclosed by the four circles, at the center of the square
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Question 77219: Find the length of the radius of a circle whose circumference is 18π.
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Question 77215: The radius of a circle is represented by 3x+2, and the length of the diameter
is 22 centimeters. Find the value of x, in centimeters.

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Question 77245: A circle whose center is at the point (1,2) passes through the point (4,-2). What is the length of the radius of the circle?
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Question 77239: A circle whose center is at the point (1,2) passes through the point (4,-2). What is the length of the radius of the circle?
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Question 77340: if point a(-1,0) is rotated 60degree, the coordinates of point a would be
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Question 77341: The price a flower shop charges for roses is inversely proportional to the number of days before Valentine's Day that the order is placed. A dozen roses ordered ten days before valentine's Day costs $12.00 while the same order placed five days before Valentine's Day costs $24.00. What is the cost of a dozen roses ordered one day before Valentine's day?
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Question 77341: The price a flower shop charges for roses is inversely proportional to the number of days before Valentine's Day that the order is placed. A dozen roses ordered ten days before valentine's Day costs $12.00 while the same order placed five days before Valentine's Day costs $24.00. What is the cost of a dozen roses ordered one day before Valentine's day?
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Question 77354: solve for x in simplest a+bi form:4x^2+17=4x
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Question 77353: solve for x
(square root 3x+1) -1=x-4

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Question 77427: (1) Two circles of radius 1 and 4 units are tangent to each other externally. the length of the common tangent line between the points of tangency is closest to which of the following?
(a) 4.8 (b) 4.5 (c) 3.9 (d) 3.6

(2)If the diameter of a cylinderical jar is increased by 25% without altering the volume then its height must decrease by:
(a) 10% (b)25% (c)36% (d)50%

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Question 77476: if the diameter is 200 ft. whatwill be the area of the surface?
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Question 77466: An arch is in the form of a circle and has a span of 30 meters and height 10 m. What is the radius of arc.
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Question 77697: Find the area of a circle with circumference 10(pi).
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Question 78059: A plastic cover is made for a pool with a diameter of 24 feet. The cover will rest on the top of the pool and will include a wedge-shaped flap that forms a 45 degree angle at the center of the cover. A zipper will go along 1 side of the wedge-shape flap and around the arc. Which of the following is closest to the length, in feet, of the zipper?
-I know that 12 feet is the length of one radius so that is part of the length of the zipper. I am not sure how to find the length of the arc on a circle.

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