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Example Questions

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Circumference Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the circumference of a circle with a radius of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the circumference of a circle given the radius, we must first know the equation for the circumference of a circle which is

We then plug in  for the radius into the equation yielding 

We multiply to find the value for the circumference is

The answer is .

Example Question #12 : How To Find The Circumference Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

Find the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 4 meters. 

Possible Answers:

 meters 

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Correct answer:

 meters 

Explanation:

The formula for circumference is: 

 where  is the radius of our circle 

In this case, we were given the diameter of  meters. Thus, we know that the radius is  meters (since the diameter is twice the radius). Plugging this into the formula, we have: 

 meters. 

Example Question #13 : How To Find The Circumference Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the circumference of a circle with a radius of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the circumference of a circle is .

Plug in our given values and solve.

Example Question #671 : High School Math

What is the circumference of a circle with a radius of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the circumference of a circle, use the equation:

Substitute the given value for the radius into the equation:

Example Question #672 : High School Math

An ant is standing at the center of a perfectly circular plate. If the ant crawled in a straight line, he would have to crawl 6 inches to reach the edge of the plate. How many inches would he crawl if he crawled a full circle around the edge of the plate?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We need to find the circumference:

In this formula  stands for the radius and  stands for the diameter. 

The distance the ant must crawl to the edge from the center is the radius of the circle.

Plug in 6 inches for :

Example Question #673 : High School Math

If a circle has a radius of meters, what is its circumference? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the circumference of a circle is , where  is the diameter. This can also be written as , where  is the radius of the circle. We were given the radius, so we take the second formula and plug in  for .

Example Question #674 : High School Math

This figure is a rhombus with a side of 8 in.Rhombus

What is the area of the rhombus (in2)?

Possible Answers:

Not enough information

Correct answer:

Not enough information

Explanation:

In order to determine the area of a rhombus you either need a base and a height OR the length of the two diagonals OR the base and an angle.  Because we are only given the base with no information about the height, there is not enough information to determine the area of the rhombus.

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rhombus

Find the area of the following rhombus:

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The perimeter of the rhombus is .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a rhombus is:

Where  is the length of the side

Plugging in our values, we get:

 

The formula for the area of a rhombus is:

Where  is the length of one diagonal and  is the length of another diagonal

By drawing the diagonals, we create a right triangle with the hypotenuse as  and the side as .

Since we know that  is a phythagorean triple, we can infer that the third side is .

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #675 : High School Math

This figure is a rhombus with a side of 8 in.Rhombus

What is the perimeter of the rhombus (in)?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The perimeter of the rhombus is the distance around the outside of the figure.  Since a rhombus has 4 congruent sides, the perimeter is simply .

Example Question #5 : Rhombuses

You are given a rhombus with a side of  meters. What is the perimeter of the rhombus? 

Possible Answers:

 meters 

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 meters 

 meters 

 meters 

Correct answer:

 meters 

Explanation:

A rhombus is a quadrilateral ( sided figure) with congruent sides. The perimeter is the sum of the sides. Thus, to find the perimeter of the rhombus, we multiply the perimeter by . This gives us  meters. 

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