Calculating Minds

Browsing around for an answer?

K R Smith

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Let’s say you’re sitting around one evening cruising the Internet when you have the sudden urge to know the area of a circle with a 14.5 inch (or centimeter) diameter. I know — it happens to me all the time.

A man at a chalkboard working on a circular diagram with formulas on the board behind him.
Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash

The formula is simple enough: A = π r²

A is the area, π is 3.14159265 (sort of), and r is the radius of the circle (half of…

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K R Smith

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