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Suppose the circumference of a circle is \color{blue}{16\pi}16πstart color blue, 16, pi, end color blue. what is its radius?

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The circumference of a circle is equal to its diameter multiplied by pi. Since the circumference here is 16*pi, the diameter of the circle is 16 units. The diameter of a circle is two times the radius, so we divide 16 in half and find our result that the radius is 8 units.
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