SOLUTION: In a circle the circumference and diameter vary directly. Without using a value of pi, find the diameter of a circle with a circumference of 154 if you know that in a second circle

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Question 1112828: In a circle the circumference and diameter vary directly. Without using a value of pi, find the diameter of a circle with a circumference of 154 if you know that in a second circle the diameter is 14 when the circumference is 44.
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In a circle the circumference and diameter vary directly.
Without using a value of pi, find the diameter of a circle with a circumference of 154 if you know that in a second circle the diameter is 14 when the circumference is 44.
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44/14 = 154/d

Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Use the proportion


 = .


In this proportion, the numerators are the diameters, the denominators are circumferences.


From the proportion, find the unknown diameter D = .

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