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How do you find the circumference of a circle? Please include an example if you’d like.

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Answer:

Explanation:

Plug the given value of the diameter into the formula and solve.[2]

Example problem: You have a circle tub with a diameter of 8 feet, and you want to build a white fence that creates a 6-foot wide space around the tub. To find the circumference of the fence that has to be created, you should first find the diameter of the tub and the fence which will be 8 feet + 6 feet + 6 feet, which will account for the entire diameter of the tub and fence. The diameter is 8 + 6 + 6, or 20 feet. Now plug it into the formula, plug π into your calculator for its numerical value, and solve for the circumference:

C = πd

C = π x 20

C = 62.8 feet

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