A tangent to a circle at point P is a straight line that touches the circle at P. The tangent is perpendicular to the radius which joins the centre of the circle to the point P. As the tangent is a ...

Diameter (d) is the distance across the circle through the center. Since the diameter passes through the center and connects ...

Any point P with coordinates (\(x,~y\)) on the circumference of a circle can be joined to the centre (0, 0) by a straight line that forms the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle with sides of length ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about mathematics and its applications The area and perimeter ratios are shown and as n, the number of sides, gets larger ...

You’re likely familiar with Pi Day, perhaps the most popular of geeky holidays. Hooray. But I’m here to tell you that Pi Day is wrong — or rather, the entire idea of pi as a mathematical concept is ...