Circle
- where
A
= Area of a circle;r
= radius
A circle has about 80% of the area of a similar-width square.
- The actual value is
- ex. a square with area of 0.16m² would correspond to a circle with area of ~0.128m²
- A line that "just touches" the circle as it passes by is called a Tangent.
- A line that cuts the circle at two points is called a Secant.
- A line segment that goes from one point to another on the circle's circumference is called a Chord.
- If it passes through the center it is called a Diameter.
- An Arc is a subsection of the diameter