SOLUTION: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest doughnut ever made was a lemon-filled one baked in Florida on December 10, 1998. It weighed 2099 lbs and has a diameter

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Question 1108502: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest doughnut ever made was a lemon-filled one baked in Florida on December 10, 1998. It weighed 2099 lbs and has a diameter of 22 ft. If a sector whose curved edge measures 2 ft 9 in were cut from this doughnut, how many pounds would the sector weigh?
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest doughnut ever made was a lemon-filled one baked in Florida on December 10, 1998.
It weighed 2099 lbs and has a diameter of 22 ft.
If a sector whose curved edge measures 2 ft 9 in were cut from this doughnut, how many pounds would the sector weigh?
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Find the circumference of the donut
C = 22*pi
C = 69.115 ft
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Change 2 ft 9 in to 2.75 ft
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2.75%2F69.115 * 2099 = 83.5 lb