Drawing with a compass on a globe

The Endeavour 2024-08-30

Summary:

Take a compass and draw a circle on a globe. Then take the same compass, opened to the same width, and draw a circle on a flat piece of paper. Which circle has more area? If the circle is small compared to the radius of the globe, then the two circles will be approximately equal […]

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geometry

Authors:

John

Date tagged:

08/30/2024, 12:25

Date published:

08/30/2024, 09:09