Circles

By: Devik, Madison, Julian, Peter,

and Julia
Intro
The definition of a circle (according to Merriam Webster) is a closed plane
curve every point of which is equidistant from a fixed point within the curve.

It has many parts and equations

Anyway, Mr. Hughes likes to think you can only draw one perfect circle in your
life, BUT...
History By: Julia
OF THE CONIC CIRCLE
History
Greek mathematicians started working on it around 200 B.C. because of
Apollonius of Perga (died 190 B.C.E.) took on studying their properties
He had 8 volumes of all his knowledge

Euclid (died 300 B.C.E.) wrote about the conic sections (wrote four books),
BUT those were lost

Menaechmus (died 320 B.C.E.) studied and did so much work on it (even
created the definition of a conic section), but that was lost too

Eventually in the 1600s, quite a few European mathematicians used

geometry to study/explore it as well
History of the Basic Circle
Word circle derived from a Greek word that meant loop or ring

The original idea of the circle came from looking at the Sun and Moon

1700 BCE The Rhind papyrus discovered to find the area

1880 Lindemann proves it to be a complex number

Euclids third book (mentioned earlier) deals with the properties of circles

In Platos seventh letter of his philosophy, he explains the circle

Form
&
General
Form By: Devik
OF THE CONIC CIRCLE
 x2
+ y 2
Standard Equation for Circle= r 2

This is the equation to make the circle (you might be familiar with this because
its similar to the unit circle). This is if the circle ON the origin (0,0). If its not on
the origin, you use the next equation...
Standard Form Equation of a
Circle
(x h)2 + (y k)2 = r2
(h,k) is the center of the circle

r is the radius

Also known as center-radius form

General Equation of a Conic
Section
x2 + y2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0
D,E, and F are constants

This equation is used for translations

You have to complete the square with this equation
A Lot of Circle Equations
2r- Circumference

r^2- Area

c/- Diameter

(Area of Sector/Area of Circle)=(Central Angle/360)- You can use cross

multiplication to find any of these :)

r- Arc length in radians

(/180)r- Arc length in degrees

The Parts By: Peter
OF THE CONIC CIRCLE
Parts of the Conic Circle
A conic section is the intersection of a place and a cone. By changing the angle
and point of intersection, it can be a circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
Parts of the
Circle
Diameter- Its a straight line that
passes through the center point and
reaches the other side. It is also
twice as long as the radius, and it is
the longest chord possible in the
circle.

Chord- A line segment with two end

points that are on the circle

Secant- Its a chord, but its a line,

not a line segment

Tangent- A line that touches a point

of the curve of the circle (point of
tangency is the point it touches)
Two (or more) Two (or more) Two (or more)
circles that circles with circles with the
intersect at different radii same radii but
one point but the same different centers
center
EVEN MORE Parts of the Circle
Arc- The curve of the circle between two specific points
Major Arc- Arc that is bigger than half the circle

Minor Arc- Arc that is smaller than half the circle

Semi-Circle Arc- Arc that is half of the circle

Circumference- The perimeter of the circle

Sector- Part of a circle enclosed by two radii

Semi-Circle- Its just half of the circle

Real-World
Application FACT: Circles do not exist in the
real word. What we refer to as
circles is really a thin cylinder
By Julian Hughes and Madi because we do not live in a 2d
Bond world.
Clocks are a great
example for real world
examples of our conic Ferris Wheels
because you could see rotate on an
the black frame as the axis in the
circumference, and the center
hands can be seen as
the radius.
Real World Problem
A rabbit will move no more than 10 miles away from its hole. At that time, you are taking
a walk about 9 miles west and 7 miles north of the rabbit hole. Is there any possibility of
you meeting the rabbit?
 Formula: x^2 + y^2 = r^2

9^2 + 7^2 = 10^2

Answer 9^2 + 7^2 = 130 10^2 =100

No 130>100

130 is greater than 100, therefore

you will never meet the rabbit.
More Real World Problems
1. What is the distance traveled by the second hand of the clock in one
minute if it is 6 cm long?

2. Mr. Hughes ran around a circular field three times. He ran a total of
750m. What is the Diameter and Radius of the field?

3. Mr. Hughess car broke down and he had to ride a bike to school. The
radius of his tires is 0.25m and they rotated 840 times total on the way
there. What was the distance he rode?

4. Mr. Hughes has a circular garden (because why not) thats separated into
three different parts. The radius of it is 9 cm, so what is the length of the
arc in each part?
Answers
1. 37.63 cm

2. Diameter: 79.62 m Radius: 39.81 m

3. 1,318.8 m

4. 18.84 m

*Please tell us if you want to go over any of them*

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