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Rearrange the formula to calculate the diameter of a circle.

Rearrange the formula to calculate the diameter of a circle.-example-1

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a=1/4pid^2
4a=pid^2
4a/pi=d^2
square both sides to get d
Answer: Square root of 4a over pi equals d.
User Andreas Hausladen
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To find your answer, you want to get everything but the variable "d," the diameter, onto one side of the equal sign, leaving d by itself.

1) Start by multiplying both sides by 4 to get rid of the 4 in the denominator on the right. bringing it to the other side:

A = (1)/(4) \pi d^(2) \\ 4(A) = 4((1)/(4) \pi d^(2) )\\ 4A = \pi d^(2)

2) Divide both sides by π to move the π to the other side of the equation (I put the d squared on the left, but you can keep it on the right):

4A = \pi d^(2) \\ d^(2) = (4A)/( \pi )

3) Finally, take the square root of both sides to get the value of d:

d^(2) = (4A)/( \pi ) \\ d = \sqrt{(4A)/( \pi ) }

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Answer:
d = \sqrt{(4A)/( \pi ) }



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