Basketball rims have a diameter of 18 inches. If you want to put a band around a basketball rim, how much material to the nearest tenth of an inch will you need?

1 Answer
Apr 17, 2017

You'll need #56.5# inches

Explanation:

For the material around the rim, you'll need to calculate the circumfrance of the basketball rim.

The diameter of a circle relates to the circumfrance by #C=pi*D#

Therefore,

#C=pi*18# inches

#C=56.5# inches