High School Math : Diameter and Chords

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Example Question #1 : Diameter And Chords

What is the diameter of a circle with a circumference of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the diameter we must understand the diameter in terms of circumference. The equation for the circumference of a circle is , where is the circumference and is the diameter. The circumference is equal to the diameter multiplied by .

We can rearrange to solve for .

All we have to do is plug in the circumference and divide by , and it will yield the diameter.

The s cancel and the diameter is .

Example Question #1 : Diameter And Chords

If the area of a circle is four times larger than the circumference of that same circle, what is the diameter of the circle?

Possible Answers:

4

32

16

2

8

Correct answer:

16

Explanation:

Set the area of the circle equal to four times the circumference πr2 = 4(2πr). 

Cross out both π symbols and one r on each side leaves you with r = 4(2) so r = 8 and therefore = 16.

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Length Of The Diameter

The perimeter of a circle is 36 π.  What is the diameter of the circle?

Possible Answers:

72

6

36

18

3

Correct answer:

36

Explanation:

The perimeter of a circle = 2 πr = πd

Therefore d = 36

Example Question #31 : Circles

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If the area of the circle touching the square in the picture above is , what is the closest value to the area of the square?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Obtain the radius of the circle from the area.

Split the square up into 4 triangles by connecting opposite corners. These triangles will have a right angle at the center of the square, formed by two radii of the circle, and two 45-degree angles at the square's corners. Because you have a 45-45-90 triangle, you can calculate the sides of the triangles to be , , and . The radii of the circle (from the center to the corners of the square) will be 9. The hypotenuse (side of the square) must be .

The area of the square is then .

Example Question #1 : Diameter

Two legs of a right triangle measure 3 and 4, respectively. What is the area of the circle that circumscribes the triangle? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For the circle to contain all 3 vertices, the hypotenuse must be the diameter of the circle. The hypotenuse, and therefore the diameter, is 5, since this must be a 3-4-5 right triangle.

The equation for the area of a circle is A = πr2.

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Ratio Of Diameter And Circumference

What is the ratio of the diameter of a circle to the circumference of the same circle?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the ratio we must know the equation for the circumference of a circle. In this equation, is the circumference and is the diameter.

Once we know the equation, we can solve for the ratio of the diameter to circumference by solving the equation for . We do this by dividing both sides by .

Then we divide both sides by the circumference.

We now know that the ratio of the diameter to circumference is equal to .

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Ratio Of Diameter And Circumference

What is the ratio of the diameter and circumference of a circle?

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the ratio we must know the equation for the circumference of a circle is

Once we know the equation we can solve for the ratio of the diameter to circumference by solving the equation for 

we divide both sides by the circumference giving us 

We now know that the ratio of the diameter to circumference is equal to .

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Ratio Of Diameter And Circumference

Let  represent the area of a circle and  represent its circumference. Which of the following equations expresses  in terms of

Possible Answers:


Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is , and the formula for circumference is . If we solve for C in terms of r, we get
.

We can then substitute this value of r into the formula for the area:

 

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Ratio Of Diameter And Circumference

What is the ratio of any circle's circumference to its radius?

Possible Answers:

Undefined.

 

Correct answer:

 

Explanation:

The circumference of any circle is 

So the ratio of its circumference to its radius r, is

 

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