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A meteor crater is 4000 feet in diameter. approximate the distance around the crater.

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Answer:

12,566 ft ≈ 2.38 miles

Explanation:

The circumference of a circle is given by the formula ...

C = πd

For a diameter of 4000 ft, the circumference of a circular crater is about ...

C = (4000 ft)(3.141593) ≈ 12,566 ft

At 5280 ft per mile, that distance is about ...

(12,566 ft)/(5280 ft/mi) ≈ 2.38 mi

The distance around the crater is about 12,566 ft or 2.38 miles.

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