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What is the side length of the square that circumscribes the circle?

What is the side length of the square that circumscribes the circle?

When a circle is inscribed in a square, the length of each side of the square is equal to the diameter of the circle. That is, the diameter of the inscribed circle is 8 units and therefore the radius is 4 units. The area of a circle of radius r units is A=πr2 . Substitute r=4 in the formula.

How do you find the circumference of a square inscribed in a circle?

We’ve already seen how to find the length of a square’s diagonal from its side: it is a ·√2. The radius is half the diameter, so r=a·√2/2 or r=a/√2. The circumference is 2·r·π, so it is a·√2·π. And the area is π·r2, so it is π·a2/2.

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What is the circumference of a circle that is inscribed in a square with side length 2?

As we’ve shown above, the circle’s radius is equal to the half the length of the square’s side, so r=a/2. The diameter is twice the radius, so d=a. The circumference is d ·π, so C=πa. Finally, the area is π·r2, so A= π·a2/4.

How do you find the largest square in a circle?

  1. For the largest square possible in any circle, the diameter of circle = diagonal of Square.
  2. 24=a√2 where a is the side of the square.
  3. a²*2=576.
  4. a²=288= ar. of the square.

How do you find the largest square inside a circle?

What is the circumference of a 20cm circle?

Circles (basic)

Diameter Circumference(approx) Circumference
20 cm 60 cm 62.8cm
40 cm 120 cm 125.6cm
3m 9m 9.42m
5 cm 15.7 cm 15.7cm

What is the perimeter of a square which circumscribes a circle of radius a Centimetre?

We know that if a square circumscribes a circle, then the side of the square is equal to the diameter of the circle. Hence, the perimeter of the square is 8a cm.