Compare Shapes: Circle (r=5cm) vs Rectangle (side=5cm) Perimeter Challenge

Question

The radius of a circle is 5 centimeters.

The length of the side of a rectangle is 5 centimeters.

Which shape has a greater perimeter/circumference?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Which shape has a larger perimeter?
00:03 We want to calculate the perimeter of the rectangle
00:09 The perimeter of the rectangle equals twice the sum of adjacent sides
00:17 We only know the length of one side
00:25 Therefore it cannot be determined
00:29 And this is the solution to the question

Answer

Impossible to know

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The Circumference of a Circle Elements of the circumference How is the radius calculated using its circumference? Perimeter

Question Types

Circumference: Identify the greater value