Question

A seafood company produces cans of tuna. Each can gets wrapped with a paper label. If every van has a radius of 8.3 centimeters, what is the approximate length of the paper required to cover two cans?

Answer 1

To cover two cans of tuna, each with a radius of 8.3 centimeters, approximately 104.36 centimeters of paper are needed.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves calculating the length of paper needed to cover two cans of tuna. The formula to find the circumference (C) of a can, which gives us the length of paper required for one can, is C = 2πr, where r is the radius of the can. Since each can has a radius of 8.3 centimeters, the circumference of one can is C = 2π(8.3 cm). Therefore, the length of paper needed for one can is approximately 52.18 centimeters. To cover two cans, we would need twice this amount, which equates to approximately 104.36 centimeters of paper.

Answer 2

First, we should find out what the circumference of one can is and then multiply it by two, because they ask us about two cans.

The formula for calculating the circumference is:
C = 2πr

Good news - we have r! r equals 8.3 cm.
So the circumference of one can, hence length of one piece of paper, equals 2π * 8.3 = 16.6π. Length of two pieces of paper is the result of this multiplication: 2 * 16.6π = 33.2π