2006-09-19 07:43:52 · 25 answers · asked by chaz13541 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
There are two sources of ambiguity here.
The word CIRCLE sometimes refers to a circular disk (because it is common to talk about "the area of a circle"), but often the word refers only to the boundary of the disk (namely, the points that are equally distant from the point at the center of the figure).
The meaning of the word SIDE depends on its context. A polygon in the plane has, by definition, n vertices and each pair of consecutive vertices are joined by a side. It is clear that a polygon with n vertices has n sides. In general, the word side depends on the dimension of the figure -- a side is always part of the boundary. So what is the side of a circle? If you think of the circle as a disk then it it has an up-side and a down-side. If you think of it as a curve, then it has an inside and an outside. If you think of it as the limit of an n-sided regular polygon, then one can justify the answer that the circle has infinitely many infinitesimal sides. :
the question, "How many sides does a circle have?", is too ambiguous to have a definite answer.
2006-09-19 07:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by eireblood 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-19 16:22:59 · answer #2 · answered by rt fm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
infinite side or 0 side
2014-05-30 05:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by ratan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A circle doesnt have sides. It has a circumference. And even if it did have sides, it would have an infinite amount of sides. Because a cirlce is round.
2006-09-19 14:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley Bloom 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has an infinite number of sides.
Look at regular polygons, the more sides they have the more they look like a circle.
2006-09-20 05:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by Tropic-of-Cancer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of a circle as a regular polygon with an infinite number of sides, but I suppose that is just me.
2006-09-19 14:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A circle has an infinite number of sides. :o)
2006-09-19 16:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by pixie.wings 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to have a side, you first need to have an angle.
A circle has no sides, because it has no angles.
2006-09-19 14:49:35 · answer #8 · answered by christophermalachite 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
circle is a circle with no sides
2006-09-19 14:46:12 · answer #9 · answered by neha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be inside the circle, or outside the circle.
2006-09-19 14:55:47 · answer #10 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋