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The circumference of a circle is approximately 37.7 centimeters, what is the radius of the circle in centimeters?

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The circumference of a circle equals to 2 x pi x radius.
To find the radius we can substitute the value of 37.7 in and use 3.14 as pi.

37.7 = 2 x 3.14 x radius
37.7 = 6.28 x radius
(377/10) x (100/628) = radius

1885/314=radius
The length of the radius is approximately 6 cm.

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