SOLUTION: a street that is 294 m long is covered in snow. city workers are using a snow plow to clear the street. a tire on the snowplow has to turn 49 times in traveling the length of the s

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Question 972178: a street that is 294 m long is covered in snow. city workers are using a snow plow to clear the street. a tire on the snowplow has to turn 49 times in traveling the length of the street. what is the diameter of the tire?
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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The circumference of the tire is (294m/49) 6 meters
Circumference=diameter x pi
circumference/pi=diameter Put in values.
9 meters/pi=diameter Use your preferred value of pi (Here: 3.14)
2.87 meters=diameter