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How do you find the diameter of a circle?

 Jul 30, 2014

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The diameter is twice the radius.....however.....if you're asking how to construct a diameter in a circle, here's one way using Euclid's simple method for finding the center of a circle.....the line CE that bisects the chord AB at right angles is a diameter........

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookIII/propIII1.html

 

 Jul 30, 2014
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The diameter is twice the radius.....however.....if you're asking how to construct a diameter in a circle, here's one way using Euclid's simple method for finding the center of a circle.....the line CE that bisects the chord AB at right angles is a diameter........

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookIII/propIII1.html

 

CPhill Jul 30, 2014

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