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How do you find the circumference of a circle?

 Apr 8, 2015

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$${\mathtt{c}} = {\mathtt{\pi}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{d}}$$

 

c= circumference (distance around a circle)

$${\mathtt{\pi}}$$= about 3.14 (um... it just "is" - to keep it simple)

d=diameter ($${\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{r}}$$) (distance across the circle, through the center)

r=radius (distance from the center to the edge of a circle)

swapping d for r (and re-arranging) gets: $${\mathtt{c}} = {\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{\pi}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{r}}$$

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$${\mathtt{c}} = {\mathtt{\pi}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{d}}$$

 

c= circumference (distance around a circle)

$${\mathtt{\pi}}$$= about 3.14 (um... it just "is" - to keep it simple)

d=diameter ($${\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{r}}$$) (distance across the circle, through the center)

r=radius (distance from the center to the edge of a circle)

swapping d for r (and re-arranging) gets: $${\mathtt{c}} = {\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{\pi}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{r}}$$

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