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I assume that you want to divide it into three equal "pie slices".
If you have the location of the center of the circle, and are allowed to use a protractor (or other angle-measuring device), then you draw a radial line segment from the center to the circle, then another radial line segment at a 120° and to the first radial line segment, and final radial line segment at a further 120° angle.
If you have only the circle, a straight-edge, and a compass, then you must first locate the center of the circle. Draw two cords, Use the compass to construct bisecting perpendicular lines for each chord. These bisecting perpendicular lines will meet at the center of the circle.
If you now draw a chord equal in length to the radius, and radial lines from each of its ends, then that gives you a "pie slice" that is one sixth of the circle! So if you draw a second chord where the first ends, you have a "pie slice" that is one third of the circle.
So you could draw five chord, each the length of the radius, each starting where the previous ended, and draw radial lines through every second chord-end. Or you could use the first two chords to find the length of a chord which corresponded to a third of the circle.
(Actually, you don't really have to draw any of these chords, you just need to mark their end-points as you go along.)
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How you divide a circle in 8 parts?
Go to a pizzeria and get them to do it for you.
Divide a circle into eight parts using three straigh lines?
You can't. However, you can divide it into seven, like so: Make the lines make a triangle in the middle of the circle, rather than making them meet at the centre.
When you divide a circle into eight equal parts how many eights make up to whole circle?
Eight of them.
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What is the perimeter of a three quarter circle?
I believe 270 because a circle's perimeter is 360 so if you divide it by 0.75, you get 270.
What 3 parts does a circle divide a plane into?
The three parts are:the interior of the circle, the points on the circle (points on its circumference) the outside of the circle.
What does a circle divide into three parts?
A circle divides a plane into three parts.
How do you divide a circle with 9cm diameter in three equal parts?
Construct a circle with a 4.5 radius. The circle's circumference is 360 degrees. So mark out 3 by 120 degrees on the circumference and join them to the centre of the circle which will divide the circle into three equal parts.
How do you divide a circle into eight parts using three straight lines?
You can cut a round cake into eight parts with three cuts, but you can't cut a circle into eight parts with three straight lines.
How do you divide a circle into eight parts using only three lines?
Draw two diameter lines, then draw a circle inside the circle.
How do you divide a circle into 3 equal parts?
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What divides the circle equally into 2 parts?
Only the diameter can divide the circle in to two equal parts.
How do you shade 2 thirds of a circle?
Using a protractor divide it into three parts, each of 120 degrees. Shade two of them
How you divide a circle in 8 parts?
Go to a pizzeria and get them to do it for you.
How do you shade six and three tenths?
shade in 6 then divide the next circle, square, ect.. into 10ths then shade in 3 parts.
Divide a circle into eight parts using three straigh lines?
You can't. However, you can divide it into seven, like so: Make the lines make a triangle in the middle of the circle, rather than making them meet at the centre.
What divids a circle into three parts?
A circle divides a plane into three parts.
