The Circle Flashcards
What is a circle?
Set of all points in a plane that are the same distance from a single point.
What is the single point from which all points in a plane are the same distance from called?
The center point
What is the radius of a circle?
The distance from the center of the circle to any point of the circle. Every radius of a circle has the same length.
What is the Diameter of a circle?
The length of any line segment that connects two points on the circle and passes through center. Every diameter of a circle has the same length.
What is the equation for the diameter of a circle?
D=2r
What is the equation for the radius?
r=1/2d
The distance around a circle is called?
Circumference
The ratio of ______ to _____ is the same in every circle
Circumference
Diameter
The equations for the circumference of a circle are?
C=3.14d
C=(2)(3.14)r
To find the area of a circle the equation is?
A=(3.14)(r^2)