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    2/9/2015 Circle

    Circle

    Acircleiseasytomake:

    Drawacurvethatis"radius"away
    fromacentralpoint.

    Andso:

    Allpointsarethesamedistancefromthe
    center.

    You Can Draw It Yourself


    Putapininaboard,putaloopofstringaroundit,andinsert
    apencilintotheloop.Keepthestringstretchedanddrawthe
    circle!

    Radius, Diameter and Circumference

    TheRadiusisthedistancefromthecentertotheedge.

    TheDiameterstartsatonesideofthecircle,goesthroughthecenterandendsonthe

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    otherside.

    TheCircumferenceisthedistancearoundtheedgeofthecircle.

    Andhereisthereallycoolthing:

    Whenwedividethecircumferencebythediameterweget
    3.141592654...
    whichisthenumber( Pi )

    Sowhenthediameteris1,thecircumferenceis3.141592654...

    Wecansay:

    Circumference=Diameter

    Example:Youwalkaroundacirclewhichhasadiameterof
    100m,howfarhaveyouwalked?

    Distancewalked=Circumference=
    100m

    =314m(tothenearestm)

    AlsonotethattheDiameteristwicetheRadius:

    Diameter=2Radius

    Andsothisisalsotrue:

    Circumference=2Radius

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    Remembering
    Thelengthofthewordsmayhelpyouremember:

    Radiusistheshortestword
    Diameterislonger(andis2Radius)
    Circumferenceisthelongest(andisDiameter)

    Definition

    Thecircleisa plane shape(twodimensional):



    Andthedefinitionofacircleis:

    The setofallpoints onaplanethatareafixeddistancefroma


    center.

    Area


    The areaofacircle is timestheradiussquared,whichiswritten:

    A=r2

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    Tohelpyourememberthink"PieAreSquared"
    (eventhoughpiesareusuallyround)

    Or,usingtheDiameter:

    A=(/4)D2

    Example:Whatistheareaofacirclewithradiusof1.2m?

    A=r2

    A=1.22

    A=(1.21.2)

    A=3.14159...1.44=4.52(to2decimals)

    AreaComparedtoaSquare

    Acirclehasabout80%oftheareaofasimilarwidthsquare.
    Theactualvalueis(/4)=0.785398...=78.5398...%

    Names
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    Becausepeoplehavestudiedcirclesforthousandsofyearsspecialnameshavecome
    about.

    Nobodywantstosay"thatlinethatstartsatonesideofthecircle,goesthroughthe
    centerandendsontheotherside"whenawordlike"Diameter"willdo.

    Soherearethemostcommonspecialnames:

    Lines
    Alinethatgoesfromonepointtoanotheronthe
    circle'scircumferenceiscalledaChord.

    Ifthatlinepassesthroughthecenteritiscalleda
    Diameter.

    Alinethat"justtouches"thecircleasitpassesby
    iscalledaTangent.

    AndapartofthecircumferenceiscalledanArc.

    Slices
    Therearetwomain"slices"ofacircle.

    The"pizza"sliceiscalleda Sector .

    Andtheslicemadebyachordiscalleda Segment .

    Common Sectors
    TheQuadrantandSemicirclearetwospecialtypesofSector:

    QuarterofacircleiscalledaQuadrant.

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    HalfacircleiscalledaSemicircle.

    Inside and Outside

    Acirclehasaninsideandanoutside(ofcourse!).Butitalso
    hasan"on",becausewecouldberightonthecircle.

    Example:"A"isoutsidethecircle,"B"isinsidethecircleand
    "C"isonthecircle.

    Question1Question2Question3Question4
    Question5Question6Question7Question8
    Question9Question10

    Activity:ApproximateValueForPi

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