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The top of an ice cream cone had a 2.25-inch diameter. What is its circumference?

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The circumference is 7.06500 in. 
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Pi is simply the ratio of the circumference to the diamater, what that means isπ=Cd(C is circumference, d is diameter) or, likewiseπd=CSo the circumference for your ice-cream cone is simplyπd=3.14∗2.25=7.065=CSo the circumference is 7.065 inches.
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