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The circumference of a circular pond is 44cm.What is the diameter of the fish pond?

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The pond is circular, so we can apply circle formulas. In this case, we can use the circumference of a circle formula and input the corresponding variable in and solve for the diameter.

Circumference of a circle formula:

C=2πr, where C=circumference and 2r=diameter

We can rearrange the formula using the commutative property of multiplication to get 2r, which 2r=diameter (d):

C=π•2r

Now that we have 2r, we can substitute in d:

C=π•d

We know that C=44cm, so we can substitute it in and solve for d:

(44)=π•D

Divide both sides by π:

44/π=D

14.005≈D

Apply the symmetric property

D≈14.005cm
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