Re: [Nolug] Circles and squares

Ron Johnson wrote:

>>A unit circle is defined by a series of points equidistant from a center
>>point, where that distance is one. You can circumscribe a square onto
>>that if you like. This makes the circle inscribed.
>
>
> So a circle *circumscribed* (as opposed to inscribed) around the
> unit square would have a radius of sqrt(2)?
>

It would have a diameter of sqrt(2).

Now that I think about it some more, a square inscribed in the unit
circle would have a side length of sqrt(2) also. And a square
circumscribed aorund the unit circle would have a side length of 2.
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Received on 08/30/04