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Squaring the circle was proven to be impossible by the German mathematician Ferdinand Lindemann in 1882.

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Q: How do you square a circle using only a straight edge and compass?
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How do you get a perpendicular line?

To make perpendicular lines, draw a horizontal line. Then using a compass or tracing around the edge of a curved object, draw one circle ( or just a semi-circle) so that it crosses the horizontal straight line in at least one point. Now rotate the compass or move the curved object to draw another circle (or semi-circle). This second circle (or semi-circle) must cross through the horizontal straight line as the first one did. It also must cross through the first circle (or semi-circle) at two points- above the horizontal straight line and below the horizontal straight line. Next, draw a straight line from where the two circles (or semi-circles) meet above the horizontal straight line through to where they meet below the horizontal straight line. You now have a line perpendicular to the first line.


People tried for centuries to square the circle what were thay trying to do?

It is the challenge of constructing a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straightedge. As pi (π) is a transcendental, rather than an algebraic irrational number, it cannot be done.


How you would construct a regular hexagon using a compass?

First draw a circle. Keeping the compass at the same angle; from any point on the circle's edge, draw another arc that intersects the circle's edge and (should) go through the centre as well. Repeat these arcs until you get back to the start. Using a ruler, connect the six intersect points on the edge of the circle and erase the construction lines.


What is the area of a circle if the diameter is 35mm?

Using 3.14 as Pi the area of circle is: 961.625


What is the formula using pi for the area of a circle?

area of a circle is equal to pi times the square of its radius.. A=(pi)r^2