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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help.. I need details to help me understand.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

substitute 37.7 meters instead of C. What do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{ c }{ 2\pi } = r\] where C is your circumference

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm confused

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

start with C = 2πr replace "C" with 37.7

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

37.7 = 2πr now solve for r

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont know how to do this

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

divide both sides by 2π

OpenStudy (anonymous):

... how do you divide that the π confuses me

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

π is just a number, it's equal to about 3.14

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

you know how to divide 37.7 by 2, right? you also know how to divide 37.7 by 3.14, right? just do both at the same time

OpenStudy (anonymous):

18.85? & I'm unsure how to divide the second one ?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

18.85/3.14 = ? (use a calculator)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{ 37.7 }{ 6.2831 }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it gives me a big number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm clearly horrible at math

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{ 37.7 }{ 2*3.14.159 }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

err seems I added 1 to many . there... but that will give you your r value

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

enter "37.7", then press the divide button, then enter "6.2831", then press the enterbutton/equal sign

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it should be #.xxxxxxxxx but you can ignore the xxxxxxx part as they are mostly 0

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

or just use an online calculator https://www.bing.com/search?q=37.7%2F6.2831&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6.0002228199455698 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

good! that s the radius

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but 6 will do

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay? still kind of lost

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

you're done, you just found that the radius is equal to 6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm just a little confused how we got there lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the formula you were given was C = 2πr

OpenStudy (anonymous):

using algebra we moved our variables around to solve for r since C was given. We divided 2π from both sides like so C/2π = 2πr/2π the 2π on the side of 2πr cancelled leaving us with C/2π = r and from there you just plugged in values C = 37.7 and 2*(3.1415) which is the value of π

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hope that helps :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think i'm dumb cause i dont get it lol

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

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