SOLUTION: A team in science class placed a chalk mark on the side of a wheel and rolled the wheel in a straight line until the chalk mark returned to the same position. The team then measure

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Question 1156283: A team in science class placed a chalk mark on the side of a wheel and rolled the wheel in a straight line until the chalk mark returned to the same position. The team then measured the distance the wheel had rolled and found it to be 25 cm. To the nearest tenth, what is the area of the wheel?
Answer by ikleyn(52835) About Me  (Show Source):
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First, find the radius of the wheel, using the given info that its circumference is 25 cm.

By knowing the radius, find then the area of the wheel.

The science team will be happy to complete all calculations on their own, based on my instructions.

Otherwise, it is not a "science team".