SOLUTION: traveling three-fourths of the way around a traffic circle, a car travels 0.204 mi. What is the radius of the circle?

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Question 456626: traveling three-fourths of the way around a traffic circle, a car travels 0.204 mi. What is the radius of the circle?
Answer by amoresroy(361) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let r = the radius of the circle
c = the circumference of the circle
Formula:
2pi r = c
Given:
3c/4 = .204
c = .204*4/3
c = .272
2pi r = .272
2*3.1416 r = 272
r = .04329 mi
r = .04329 * 5,280
r = 228.57 ft.