Monday, June 24, 2013

ok so my question is calculate the perimeter of the inscribed square, given that the radius of the circle is 3 ft. I dont really understand how you would know the sides of the inscribed square.

Since the square is inscribed, it's diagonals are diameters of the circle and we can say 
h=2r=2%283%29=6 

For a square the relationship between a side and the hypotenuse is 
h=sqrt%282%29s 
so that 
s=h%2Fsqrt%282%29=6%2Fsqrt%282%29=3%2Asqrt%282%29 
And the perimeter of a square is 

P=4s=4%2A3%2Asqrt%282%29=12%2Asqrt%282%29 




:)

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