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What is the diameter of the table in this comic strip?
What is the diameter of the table in this comic strip?
Solution to the Problem:
The diameter of the table is approximately 3.516 feet.
Since it takes 478 times around the table to make a mile,
divide 5,280 feet (the number of feet in a mile) by 478 to
find the circumference of the table, which is approximately
11.046 feet.
Since the circumference equals pi times the diameter,
divide the circumference 11.046 by pi to get the diameter.
Correctly solved by:
1. Fredrik Simón | Tullängen, Örebro, Sweden |
2. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
3. Rick Jones | Kennett Square, Pennsyvania |
4. Matt Stillwagon | Winchester, Virginia |
5. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
6. John Funk | Ventura, California |
7. Christopher March | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
8. David and Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
9. George Gaither | Winchester, Virginia |
10. Kathleen Altemose | Winchester, Virginia |
11. Tina Zahel | Winchester, Virginia |
12. Gbenga Kuforiji | Columbus, Georgia |
13. Gusti Oggenfuss | Montet (Broye), Switzerland |
14. John Lybarger | Calhoun Community College, Decatur, Alabama |
15. Keith Mealy | Cincinnati, Ohio |
16. Ronak Dixit | Columbus, Georgia |
17. Ashley Neumann | Winchester, Virginia |
18. Jeff Gaither | Winchester, Virginia |
19. Daniel Wilberger | Winchester, Virginia |
20. Matt McMurtry | Arlington, Virginia |
21. Xiao Ma | Columbus, Georgia |
22. Zack Fitch | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
23. Jan-Erik Kylänpää, Emil Bergquist, Henrik Gerhardsson |
Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
24. William Brown | Gretna, Virginia |
25. Peter Zhu | Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
26. Isabelle Groth | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
27. Ben Reames | Columbus, Georgia |