Geometry and TrigonometryEasyDiameter from a compass setting
Geometry and Trigonometry practice question
A circle is drawn with a pair of compasses set to a distance of 6 centimetres between the point and the pencil. What is the diameter of the circle, in centimetres?
Answer: 12
The compass setting is the radius, 6, so the diameter is 12.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 3
- 3 halves the radius.
- If you answered 6
- 6 is the radius.
- If you answered 36
- 36 is 6².
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