document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=62329>Question 62329</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Re: Width of a crater if cits circumference is 12.3 miles:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12.3 (C) = 3.14d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12.3     3.14d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "----  =  -----<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.14     3.14d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      = 3.9 width </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "12.3 (C) = 3.14d <BR>\n" );
document.write( "12.3 3.14d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "---- = -----<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.14 3.14d <BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3.9 width\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is already solved. I will try to explain what has happened in each step to maybe make it clearer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The formula for cicumference  is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Circumference+=+Pi+%2A+diameter ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Circumference+=+Pi+%2A+diameter\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > The width of the crater is another way of describing the diamter of a circle. In this problem we need to use the formula to find the diameter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know that the circumference of the crater is 12.3 miles. Your formula therefore becomes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12.3+=+Pi+%2A+diameter ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12.3+=+Pi+%2A+diameter\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > divide both sides of the equation by Pi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12.3+%2F+Pi+=+Pi+%2A+diameter+%2F+Pi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12.3+%2F+Pi+=+Pi+%2A+diameter+%2F+Pi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12.3+%2F+Pi+=+diameter ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12.3+%2F+Pi+=+diameter\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Use the value of Pi which you normally use (3.14 or the Pi button on the calculator etc).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using posted problem as it is written shows that the answer would be 3.9 miles.<BR>\n" );
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