Re: [Nolug] Circles and squares

A unit circle has a radius of 1, giving it a diameter of 2. (Right
triangles inscribed inside a unit circle are the basis of
trigonometry.) If the square goes around the circle, each of its sides
is 2. If the square is inside, its diagonal is 2 and each of its sides
is sqrt(2).
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: NOLUG ML <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Date: Monday, August 30, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Circles and squares

On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 17:06 -0500, Alex McKenzie wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 14:53 -0500, Chris Reames wrote:
> >
> >>>>>What's the InterWEB?
> >>>>
> >>>>Its the Metric version of the Internet.
> >>>>Ours is square, theirs is round.
> >>>>We just have more dust in the corners.
> >>>
> >>>A metric circle?????
> >>>
> >>
> >>Yes, as described by the circumscribed square.
> >
> >
> > It's been a *long* time since I took a math course. Doesn't a
> > circumscribed square (who's sides are length 1) define a unit
> > circle?
> >
>
> 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)?

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