Each year since 1991 the city of keene, nh, has held a pumpkin festival. anyone is
welcome to register and display their jack-o'-lantern. in the early evening they are lit
and the official count is announced. in 1992 keene set the guinness world record
for the most jack-o'-lanterns in one place in the us with 1,628, and the city has been
breaking its own record ever since.
in 1997 the 13,432 jack-o'-lanterns were lined up on planks that totaled 12,000 feet
in length.
1. find the mean average diameter of the jack-o'-lanterns that year to the
nearest inch. [assume that the jack-o'-lanterns were arranged on the planks in
a single straight line, just touching.)
2. if that planking was laid end to end, how far would it reach, to the nearest 1/4
mile.
be sure to explain how you found your answers,
me i really don’t understand !