Benjamin has a square piece of paper that is 9 inches wide. He will cut a circle out of the paper to make a mask. What is the radius in inches of the largest mask that can be cut from the paper?

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11 Benjamin has a square piece of paper
that is 9 inches wide. He will cut a circle
out of the paper to make a mask. What
is the radius in inches of the largest mask
that can be cut from the paper?
Transcribed Image Text:11 Benjamin has a square piece of paper that is 9 inches wide. He will cut a circle out of the paper to make a mask. What is the radius in inches of the largest mask that can be cut from the paper?
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