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What describes how Eratosthenes discovered the approximate circumference of the earth?
Which of the following describes how Eratosthenes discovered the approximate circumference of the earth
Who discovered the formula of how to find out the circumference of a circle?
Archimedes
Who discovered the formula for the circumference of a circle?
Archimedes created the formula for measuring the circumference of a circle he used many-sided polygons, both inside and out to approximate it.
Who discovered circumference of circle?
The ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras is usually creditted for the discovery of the ratio of circumference to radius of circles. That is, Circumference = 2 * Pi * Radius. The number Pi represents (3.1415....) is named after him.
Who first discovered the mathematical relationship between circumference and diameter that you know as pi?
The Egyptians
What is Pi and who invented or discovered Pi?
Pi is the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle.
Who discovered the earths curcumference?
Eratosthenes was the first to measure the Earth's circumference pretty acurately.
When was pi invented or discovered?
Pi is the value of a circle's circumference divided by its diameter and its true value has never been discovered because it is an irrational number
Which Ancient Greek discovered Pi?
Pythagoras was credited with discovering the relationship of a radius with a circumference. Hence the term Pi (Pye).
When was pi discovered by the Greeks?
It wasn't because even today no one has ever discovered the exact value of pi and all we know is that its value is that of a circle's circumference divided by its diameter which is an irrational number.
When was pi invened and by who?
Pi was not invented but it was discovered by ancient mathematicians that the circumference of any circle when divided by its diameter is always equal to pi.
What was the main purpose of creating pi?
Pi wasn't created; it was discovered as a constant proportional value between the radius and circumference of a circle
