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I know this might sound strange but, if you cut a circle in one specific spot and straightened it into a line it would have a length. Why isn't that length considered the circumference?
I know this might sound strange but, if you cut a circle in one specific spot and straightened it into a line it would have a length. Why isn't that length considered the circumference?
1) line SEGMENT
2) Definition. A circumference must enclose something.
3) Sometimes, the circumference may refer to the linear distance only, and not the locus of points so measured.
4) If your construction is a circumference, can you define what it encloses?
The circumference, being a length, is linear; ie it can be measured against a ruler. So yes, if you cut a string that is in the form of a circle and placed the string against a ruler it would be the length of the circumference--By Definition of circumference! Why do you thing otherwise?I know this might sound strange but, if you cut a circle in one specific spot and straightened it into a line it would have a length. Why isn't that length considered the circumference?
"The locus of points" is the circle, not the circumference. The circumference is a measure of length.
I know this might sound strange but, if you cut a circle in one specific spot and straightened it into a line it would have a length. Why isn't that length considered the circumference?
The circumference, being a length, is linear; ie it can be measured against a ruler. So yes, if you cut a string that is in the form of a circle and placed the string against a ruler it would be the length of the circumference--By Definition of circumference! Why do you think otherwise?