SOLUTION: if a running track is circular, 140 yards across the middle and eight feet wide, how much further do you go in running four laps if you run on the outside edge rather than the insi
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Question 723904: if a running track is circular, 140 yards across the middle and eight feet wide, how much further do you go in running four laps if you run on the outside edge rather than the inside edge?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if a running track is circular, 140 yards across the middle and eight feet wide, how much further do you go in running four laps if you run on the outside edge rather than the inside edge?
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running inside edge, diameter = 140 yds
running outside edge diameter = 156 yrs, add 2*8
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Find circumferences
*4 = 1960.35
*4 = 1759.29
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yds further = 201.6 yds
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