SOLUTION: A circle has a radius of 1.35 meters. Wire costs 2 cents per centimetre. How much will it cost to stretch a wire between two points on the circle if it passes through the centre?

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Question 1103351: A circle has a radius of 1.35 meters. Wire costs 2 cents per centimetre. How much will it cost to stretch a wire between two points on the circle if it passes through the centre?
Answer by greenestamps(13203) About Me  (Show Source):
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The wire passing through the center of the circle means it is a diameter of the circle; its length is twice the radius, or 2.7m.

The cost of the wire is 2 cents per cm, or 200 cents per meter.

So the cost in cents of the wire is 2.7*200 = 540.