11-16-2022, 02:59 AM
(11-16-2022, 02:17 AM)bplus Wrote: @PhilOfPerth are you attempting this:Yes! Looks like I'm a cupla hundred years late!
https://www.google.com/search?client=ope...Pl-SbaA_70
The Archimedes method is exactly what I'm trying to do, but I've never heard of it before!
I had drawn 3,6,8 and 12-sided shapes inside a circle but could only get the lengths of the sides using trig, which I wanted to avoid.
Thanks both for your help!
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