Answer:
25.13 cm
Explanation:
Mrs. Lynn's art class is making pencil holders out of soup cans
These soup cans are definitely in cylindrical forms.
Each student is first covering a can with felt.
A felt is a type of material that is used for covering other objects. Here a felt is used to cover soup cans.
So if the diameter of the bottom of the can is 8 cm (i.e d = 8cm)
What will the circumference of the piece of felt need to be in order to cover the bottom of the can?
The felt will also take the circumference of a cylinder; and which is given by the expression
C = 2 πr
since diameter (d) = 8 cm
radius (r) =
r =
r = 4 cm
C = 2 × π × 4 cm
C = 2 × 3.142 × 4 cm
C = 25.13 cm
∴ the circumference of the piece of felt need to be 25.13 cm in order to cover the bottom of the can.