It threw me as a kid. Pi was the ratio of the circumference and the diameter, why radius all the sudden for area and volume? It felt like we were cheating on the diameter.
Now I know. It was all meant to be radius all along.
Daniel Wigton
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2025-05-21 14:02:56
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