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Q:

The Large Hadron Collider is a particle accelerator which allows for experimentation with subatomic particles. Its circumference is 27 km. Suppose a string is wrapped around the full circumference of the collider. If the string is to be an additional 1 meter out from the circumference of the collider at all points as a slightly larger concentric circle, approximately how much additional string would need to be added?

A

6m

B

28m

C

0.5km

D

1.6km