By a 21-inch circle I presume you mean that the diameter is 21 inches. So the radius is half as long, 10.5 inches. The formula for the circumference of a circle is 2 pi r, where r is the radius. Pi is about 3.14. That is accurate to 2 decimals, or 3 significant digits all together. I use that approximation because the dimension we are given has 2 significant digits. So the circumference is pi times the diameter; we multiply 3.14 by 21 inches and get 65.94. To 2 significant digits, that is 66 inches. If you meant that the radius was 21 inches, then the circumference would be twice as much, or 132 inches.
21/(2*pi) = a radius of about 3.342253805 units
131.95 inches, approx.
The radius of any circle is the straight line distance from the centre of the circle to any point on the circumference of the circle. The radius being 21 cm makes no difference to the definition of the radius; it just means that the straight line distance from the centre of that circle is 21cm away from any point on the circumference of that circle. The radius of a circle with a radius of 21 cm is 21 cm.
Circumference = 21*pi
the radius is 10.5 inches. * * * * * Wrong! Circumference = 2*pi*Radius Or, Radius = Circumference/(2*pi) So circumference = 21 inches implies radius = 3.34 inches (to 3 sf)
C = 131.95 inches.
The circumference is about 131.9 inches. (C = r x 2 x Pi)
A circle with a radius of 21 meters has a circumference of 131.95 meters.
By a 21-inch circle I presume you mean that the diameter is 21 inches. So the radius is half as long, 10.5 inches. The formula for the circumference of a circle is 2 pi r, where r is the radius. Pi is about 3.14. That is accurate to 2 decimals, or 3 significant digits all together. I use that approximation because the dimension we are given has 2 significant digits. So the circumference is pi times the diameter; we multiply 3.14 by 21 inches and get 65.94. To 2 significant digits, that is 66 inches. If you meant that the radius was 21 inches, then the circumference would be twice as much, or 132 inches.
The circumference is 42pi, or approximately 131.946864
21/(2*pi) = a radius of about 3.342253805 units
The radius is 3.34 units.
C = 131.95
131.95 inches, approx.
The radius of any circle is the straight line distance from the centre of the circle to any point on the circumference of the circle. The radius being 21 cm makes no difference to the definition of the radius; it just means that the straight line distance from the centre of that circle is 21cm away from any point on the circumference of that circle. The radius of a circle with a radius of 21 cm is 21 cm.
Circumference = 21*pi