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Rita is making candy floss at home.
She melts a cylinder of sugar with diameter 3 cm and length 4 cm.
She then spins it into a long cylindrical strand of diameter 1 mm.
Assuming that the melting and spinning does not affect the volume of the sugar, how long is the strand of candy floss?
Candy Floss
Age 14 to 16
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Rita is making candy floss at home.
She melts a cylinder of sugar with diameter 3 cm and length 4 cm.
She then spins it into a long cylindrical strand of diameter 1 mm.
Assuming that the melting and spinning does not affect the volume of the sugar, how long is the strand of candy floss?
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