Maddie wants to play Ringer marbles at her party next week. According to landofmarbles, she needs to create a circular game ring with a diameter of 10 feet. Maddie needs to construct multiple rings for a tournament using twine to mark the circumference of each ring. If she has 150 feet of twine, what is the maximum number of full rings Maddie can make?

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Javon Carson

21 May, 22:17

Maddie wants to play Ringer marbles at her party next week. According to landofmarbles, she needs to create a circular game ring with a diameter of 10 feet. Maddie needs to construct multiple rings for a tournament using twine to mark the circumference of each ring. If she has 150 feet of twine, what is the maximum number of full rings Maddie can make?

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Branden Irwin · Answer 1

Answer: the correct answer is 4 rings and she has 7.74 feet of twine left over.

Step-by-step explanation:

For each ring she needs 10Pi feet of twine = 10 * 3.1416 = 31.42 feet

She has 150 feet; 150/31.42 = 4 rings and she has 7.74 feet of twine left over