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You are standing 16 ft. from the center of a circular swimming pool. The distance from you to a point of tangency is 25 ft. What is the approximate DIAMETER of the pool?

You are standing 16 ft. from the center of a circular swimming pool. The distance-example-1

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Answer: the answer is 23

Explanation:

User Khorshed Alam
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Check the picture below.

recall the diameter is twice as long as the radius, thus d = 2r = 38.42 or rounded up to 38.

You are standing 16 ft. from the center of a circular swimming pool. The distance-example-1
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