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Meteor Crater, located near Flagstaff, Arizona, is a circular

crater with a circumference of 2.32 miles. What is the
approximate diameter of the crater?

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Answer:

The approximate diameter of the crater is 0.74 mile.

Explanation:

Circumference of a circle(C)=2*π*r(radius of the circle)

2.32 miles=2π*r

or, r=2.32 miles/2π

So, r=0.369 mile

Then,

d=2r

d=2*0.369 mile

So, d= 0.74 mile

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