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Around Is About Three Times Across

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

For every circle, big or small, the distance around is about three times the distance across: pi, in plain English.

Transcript

[Four circles of different sizes, each with its diameter dotted in] "AROUND ≈ 3 × ACROSS"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-around-is-about-three-times-across/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Geometry › Circles › CircumferenceNumber & Arithmetic › Pi
Level
ElementaryMiddle School
Themes
Visual Explanations