Question

Bilal's fishing line was on a spool with a radius of 4 \text{ cm}4 cm4, start text, space, c, m, end text. Suddenly, a fish pulled on the line, and the spool spun 161616 times before Bilal began to reel in the fish. What is the distance the fish pulled the fishing line?

Answer 1

Answer:

The distance the fish pulled the fishing line is 401.92 cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Radius of fishing spool = 4 cm.

Fish pulled on the line, and the spool spun 16 times before Bilal began to reel in the fish.

Now, to find the distance the fish pulled the fishing line.

So, to get the circumference of the spool first we put formula:

Radius(r) = 4 cm.

Value of π = 3.14.

$Circumference = 2\pi r$

$Circumference=2\times 3.14\times 4$

$Circumference=25.12\ cm.$

As given, fish pulled on the line, and the spool spun 16 times before Bilal began to reel in the fish.

Now, to get the distance the fish pulled the fishing line, we multiply 16 with the circumference:

$16\times 25.12\\\\=401.92\ cm.$

Therefore, the distance the fish pulled the fishing line is 401.92 cm.