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OpenStudy (bethb):
The side length of the square in the figure is 8 cm.
The radius of the inscribed circle is......cm. and the radius of the circumscribed circle is......cm.
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OpenStudy (karim728):
what have you tried so far?
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OpenStudy (bethb):
I don't know what to try. I don't know anything about geometry.
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OpenStudy (karim728):
can you see the radius now?
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OpenStudy (bethb):
is it 8?
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OpenStudy (karim728):
look carefully u know the difference between radius and diameter?
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OpenStudy (bethb):
yes
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OpenStudy (bethb):
4
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OpenStudy (karim728):
there ya go
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OpenStudy (bethb):
inscribed means the circle inside right
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OpenStudy (karim728):
yeap
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OpenStudy (karim728):
so now knowing r=4 find the circumference
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OpenStudy (bethb):
the circumference is pi*r^2
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OpenStudy (karim728):
use 2*pi*r
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OpenStudy (bethb):
25.12
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OpenStudy (karim728):
looks good
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OpenStudy (bethb):
so how do I find the radius of the outer circle
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OpenStudy (bethb):
its 8
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OpenStudy (karim728):
do u have to find it?
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OpenStudy (bethb):
yes
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OpenStudy (karim728):
ok let me see how u can do this without using calculus
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OpenStudy (bethb):
ok
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OpenStudy (bethb):
I've got to go for now but ill be back tomorrow
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OpenStudy (bethb):
thank you
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OpenStudy (isaactiparo):
you divided. the length of square by 2 to get radius of inscribed circle
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OpenStudy (karim728):
Now can you find the circumference of the outer circle?
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OpenStudy (bethb):
thank you
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