Consider the shape of the sewer plate on a diagram.
We want to estimate the radius of this circle given the circumference. The circumference C of a circle with radius r is calculated using the formula below.
C=2Ï€ r
From the figure, we know that the circumference of the circle is 122 inches. We can substitute 122 for C in the formula and then calculate r. We will use 3.14 as an estimate for π.
The radius of the circle is approximately 19.43 inches.
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