Question

sawyer is grounded and has to stay in his room all day. he made up a game where he throws balled-up paper called a \trashball\ into his trash can. the diameter of the top of the trash can is 12 in. sawyer wants the \trashball\ to have a diameter that is \\(\frac{1}{2}\\) the diameter of the top of the trash can. what should the diameter of sawyers \trashball\ be? \\(d = \square\\) in.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the trash can's diameter

The trash can's diameter is 12 inches.

Step2: Calculate the trashball's diameter

The trashball's diameter is $\frac{1}{2}$ of the trash can's diameter. So we calculate $12\times\frac{1}{2}$.
$12\times\frac{1}{2} = 6$

Answer:

6