SOLUTION: Sammy took his dog running. Sammy and his dog ran 2 laps around a circular track near his house. The track has a diameter of 163 feet. What is the total distance that Lake and his
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Question 351846: Sammy took his dog running. Sammy and his dog ran 2 laps around a circular track near his house. The track has a diameter of 163 feet. What is the total distance that Lake and his dog ran? (Use pi) Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
The circumference of a circle (one lap in this case) is the diameter of the circle times . Since is irrational, the only way to have an exact representation of the distance is to leave the answer in terms of . is the distance once around. You need to double that.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
