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they figured it out by getting the circummference and cutting it in half to figure out the diametre of a circle aka(pi

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How do you figure out the circumfrance?

Circumference = 2*pi*radius or diameter*pi


How do you find the surface area if you have the circumference?

Figure the radius (r=C/2 pi) figure the area (A= pi x r squared). Note - the pi's don't cancel out.


How do you figure out the area of shapes using Pi?

i think you do d x pi


How do you figure pi radius of a circle?

The area of any circle = pi*radius2


How can you figure out pi?

22 divided by 7 will result in a number very similar to pi.


What is the formula to figure circumference?

d * pi or 2 * r * pi Where d is diameter and r is radius and pi = 3.14159


How do you find the area of a figure using 3.14 as Pi?

Use the formula for the particular figure


How do you remember pi?

just remember it by 3.14 The best way to remember pi is by memorizing the sentence: "How I wish I could determine of circle round the exact relation Archimede found" The number of letters in each word of this sentence represents one figure of pi. Only the last figure (5) from the word "found" does not correspond to the correct figure of pi in its position.


What is the Numerical figure of pi?

How many places do you want it figured to? 3.14159 is a fairly common answer, but the value of pi is infinite.


What is formula to figure the circumference of a circle?

Circumference = 2 x {pi} x radius = {pi} x diameter


Is there a right triangle equal to pi?

No, it is not. A triangle is a two-dimensional figure whereas pi is a dimension-less number.


How do you figure diameter by circumference?

pi(3.14) divided circumference