A hot-air balloon has a 14-foot diameter that is being deflated at a rate of 0.25 feet per minute. How many minutes, x, will it take before the balloon has shrunk to a diameter of 8 feet?

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The minutes it would take the diameter of the balloon to have shrunk to 8 feet is 56 minutes.

How long would it take the diameter to have shrunk to 8 feet?

The diameter of a circle is the line that touches two ends its circumference and passes through its center.

Number of minutes = diameter / rate of decline

14/0.25 = 56 minutes

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