marinamartinez1 marinamartinez1
  • 29-01-2015
  • Mathematics
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Julian measured the distance around a small fishpond as 27 yards. Which would be a good estimate for the distance across the pond, 14 yards, 9 yards, or 7 yards?

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thisisbenmanley
thisisbenmanley thisisbenmanley
  • 29-01-2015
9 yards.

I'm assuming that the small fishpond is a circle.  The circumference of a circle (the distance around) is equal to 2πr, or πd, pi times the diameter (the distance across).  Pi is appromately 3.14, so we can divide 27 by about 3 to get 9 yards.  This leaves 9 = d, the distance across.
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