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A street that is 351ft long is covered in snow. City workers are using a snowplow to clear the street. The snowplow has tires that are 3.5ft in diameter. How many times does a tire have to turn in traveling the length of the street?

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The circumference of a circle is πd, the constant pi times the diameter of the circle.

351ft(rev/(3.5π ft)≈31.92 revolutions
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