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    How do I find the radius of a circle when I know the chord length?
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    It is possible to have quite a few circles, all with different radii, in which one could draw a chord of a given, fixed length. Hence, the chord length by itself cannot determine the radius of the circle.
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    How do I find the radius of a circle when I know the arc length and the central angle?
    Donagan
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    Divide the central angle into 360°. Multiply the resulting number by the arc length. That gives you the circumference of the circle. Divide the circumference by pi. That's the diameter. Half of the diameter is the radius of the circle.
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    How do I calculate the radius of a circle when no other values are known?
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    Technically you can't "calculate" the radius in such a situation. However, it is possible, by construction, to locate the center of such a circle, and then, simply by physically measuring, determine the radius. To do the construction, draw any two chords and construct their perpendicular bisectors; their point of intersection is the center of the circle. Then draw in any radius and measure it with a ruler. Not technically a "calculation."
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    How do I find the circumference and area of a circle with a diameter of 11?
    Harris
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    STEP 1 : radius = D/2. 11/2 = 5.5 STEP 2 : circumference = 2 x pi x r = (2)(pi)( 5.5) = 11 x pi = 34.54 STEP 3 : area = pi x r^2 = pi (5.5 * 5.5 ) = 30.25 x pi = 94.99
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    How do I find the measure of an arc without a radius?
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    Figure out the ratio of the length of the arc to the circumference and set it equal to the ratio of the measure of the arc (shown with a variable) and the measure of the entire circle (360 degrees). For example: If the circumference of the circle is 4 and the length of the arc is 1, the proportion would be 4/1 = 360/x and x would equal 90.
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    How do you calculate the radius of a circle when only the area is given?
    Peckeal
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    Take the square root of the area of the circle and divide by pi.
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    How do I calculate the area of a circle using the radius?
    Mia V
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    The area of a circle is equal to pi times the radius squared.
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    How do I calculate the radius of a circle if the circumference is 1.76?
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    The circumference is equal to the radius multiplied by 2pi. Given the circumference, divide the circumference by 2pi and that's your radius. In this case, your radius should be around .28.
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    How do I find the circumference of a circle with a 4.75 cm radius?
    Harris
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    By using the formula C = 2* pi * r =(2)(3.141)(4.75) = 29.84 cm
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    How do I figure out the radius with just an arc length?
    Donagan
    Top Answerer
    You can't do it without additional information.
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    If a circle has an area in square meters that is 5 times its circumference in meters, how do I calculate the circle's radius?
    Donagan
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    A = πr² (r is the radius). It's given that A = 5C (where C is the circumference). (C=πd) (d is the diameter). Therefore, A = πr² = 5C = 5πd = 5π(2r) = 10πr. Thus, πr² = 10πr. Solve for r by dividing both sides of that last equation by πr.
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    How do I calculate the radius of a cylinder when I have its volume and height?
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    Use the formula for the volume of a cylinder, which is V = (pi)(r^2)(h). Plug in the values of the volume (V) and height (h). Then, solve for r.
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    How do I find the radius of a circle with 2 endpoints?
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    If you know the two endpoints of the radius, you can use the distance formula to calculate the length. Read the following article for more information: https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Distance-Formula-to-Find-the-Length-of-a-Line
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    How do I calculate circumference with only degrees and centimeters of the arc?
    Donagan
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    If you know the length and the central angle of the arc, first find what fraction of the full circle is represented by the arc. For example, if the central angle is 40°, that's 40/360 of the full circle, which reduces to 1/9 of the circle. Then multiply the length of the arc by (in this case) 9. So if the length of the arc is 7 cm, the full circumference is 7 cm multiplied by 9, or 63 cm.
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    How would I round the radius?
    Donagan
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    How do I find the radius of a circle in a circumscribed triangle given the 3 sides of the triangle?
    ayodeji oyenaike
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    Calculate the area. First find the semiperimeter of the triangle (add the sides and halve this result), then substitute this result as s and the side lengths as a, b and c in the formula A = (s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))^0.5 . Make sure your calculations are correct! Now, divide the area by the semiperimeter to get the radius. So r = ((s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))^0.5) / s .
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    A cord 26 cm long is 10 cm away from the center of a circle. How do I find the radius?
    Donagan
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    You don't have enough information to find the radius.
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    If I make a scaffolding of 1.3 m wide around a circular tank, what is the circumference?
    Donagan
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    Assuming the tank is 1.3 m in diameter, the circumference is πd, or (3.14)(1.3) = 4.08 meters.
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    How do I find the circumference of a circle?
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    If you have the radius of the circle, then the formula would be C = 2πr (or C = 2 x π x r). Or if you have the diameter, the formula would be C = dπ (or C = d x π).
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    If the area is 1.7 m squared, what's the radius of the circle?
    Donagan
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    Use Method 2 above.
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    How do I calculate the radius given volume, density and mass of a spherical cavity?
    Donagan
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    Find the radius by using the volume. The radius equals the cube root of the following quantity: three times the volume, divided by 4π.
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    How can I find the radius when I have half the circumference?
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    If you have half the circumference, multiply it by two to get the whole circumference. Then use the formula of circumference = pi X diameter to get a different version of that in order to find the diameter. In this case the version would be diameter = pi / by circumference. So now you have the diameter. Simply half that to get the radius.
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    If the diameter of a circle is 6 centimeters, how long is its radius?
    Trell Panganiban
    Community Answer
    3 centimeters. The radius is always half of the diameter.
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    Can I calculate the radius of a circle only knowing the mass?
    Community Answer
    A circle is a 2-D object, and has no mass.
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    How do I know the area of a circle if the radius is given?
    Coolicequeen
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    Area= pi r 2 (Apple pies are too). Square the radius and times the result by pi. You will then get the area. It is best to do it with a calculator.
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    How can I calculate the length of tangent that parallels a radius with equal distance?
    Donagan
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    Theoretically, a tangent has unlimited length.
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    How do I find the radius of the circle when only the difference between the circumference and diameter is given?
    Donagan
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    It's easiest to show this by example. Let's say the difference between the circumference and the diameter is 3 inches. So C - d = 3, and C = d + 3. Then C = πd = 3.14 d = d + 3. Then 3.14 d - d = 3. That means 2.14 d = 3, and d = 3 / 2.14 = 1.4. The radius is 1.4 / 2 = 0.7 inch. [Look at that middle step this way: (3.14)d - (1)d = (2.14)d = 3.]
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    How can I calculate radius when I have a quarter arc only?
    Donagan
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    If you mean that you are given the length of one-quarter of the circle's circumference, multiply that by 2 (to get half the circumference), and divide by pi to get the radius.
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    How do I calculate the radius of a circle if I already know the area of the sector and angle?
    Donagan
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    Assuming the angle given is the central angle of the sector, multiply the area of the sector by 360° and divide by the central angle. That gives the area of the full circle. Divide that by pi, and then find the square root of that quotient. That's the radius.
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    How is that r=square 6.69 now and r=2.59?
    Donagan
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    If r = 2.59, r² equals slightly more than 6.69.
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