SOLUTION: a carpenter has a piece of wire that is 48ft long.He wants to shape the wire into 6 circles of equal size.write an expression he could use to determinate the diameter of each circl

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Question 387248: a carpenter has a piece of wire that is 48ft long.He wants to shape the wire into 6 circles of equal size.write an expression he could use to determinate the diameter of each circle.
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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The wire broken into 6 congruent pieces would give 6 circles of equal circumference. Hence the circumference is 8 feet. Then C+=+8+=+pi%2AD, or D+=+8%2Fpi feet.