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How many corners in a semi-circle?
A semi-circle is a 180 degree half circle. A semi-circle does not have any corners. A circle does not have corners either. There are points of beginning and end in a semi-circle. In a circle the point of beginning is the same as the ending point.
What is the formula for finding the area of a semi-circle in terms of pi?
semi means half A semi-circle is half a circle The formula for the area of a circle is A = (Π * r^2) Area of semi circle = (Π * r^2) ÷ 2
Is semi circle a 2D or 3D?
A semi circle is a 2 dimensional shape
The angle inscribed in a semi circle is of?
A semi-circle covers an angle of 180 degrees.
What is angle of inscribed in semi circle?
A right angle triangle can fit into a semi-circle
Which meridian on the globe are great circles?
No meridian is a great circle. Each meridian is a semi-circle, extending between the poles.
What combined with the prime meridian makes a complete circle around the earth?
The Prime Meridian and the meridian of 180° longitude combine to form a great circle on the Earth. Each of them alone is a semi-circle.
What aRe the endings points on the prime meridian?
Every meridian of longitude is a semi-circle that joins the north and south poles.
Does the prime meridian circle the globe from north to south pole?
Like every other meridian, the Prime one only joins the poles,and forms a semi-circle.
Why all meridians of longitude are semi-great-circles?
-- Each meridian joins the north and south poles, making it a semi-circle. -- The center of the circle of which it is a semi is at the center of the Earth, making it a 'great' one. Among parallels of latitude, only the equator is a great circle.
The prime meridian and the make a complete circle around the earth?
The Prime Meridian and the meridian of 180° longitude combine to forma great circle on the Earth. Each of them alone is a semi-circle.Every parallel of latitude also circles the Earth completely, but among those,only the equator is a great circle.
What lone of longitude forms the other half of the prime meridian?
The Prime Meridian is complete in and of itself, with nothing missing.It's only a semi-circle, however, which may, understandably, leave some with anuncomfortable feeling of virtual incompletitude.Those who feel that there's something inherently unsatisfying about a semi-circlemay join the Prime Meridian with the meridian of longitude at 180°, and therebyarrive at a partnership that forms a true, complete, great circle on the Earth.
Is the prime meridian a circle?
Yes, Prime Meridian is an imaginary circle..
Is the equator the same many miles as the as the prime meridian?
No. The equator is a full circle all the way around the Earth ... about 24,900 miles (40,074 kilometers). The Prime Meridian is a semi-circle between the north and south poles ... about 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers).
What is a meridean?
In geography, all of the points on Earth that have the same longitude blend together to form a line called a "meridian". Every meridian is a semi-circle on the Earth's surface that joins the north and south poles.
What invisible line devides the east himisphere and the west himisphere?
That would be a circle composed of two semi-circles: One is the Prime Meridian, the other is the meridian of 180° longitude, directly opposite the Prime Meridian. Each of them connects the north and south poles.
What are the antonyms for semi circle?
Circle. That is the opposite of semi circle.
