2006-11-14 02:05:50 · 5 answers · asked by kevin c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
same reason a hippopotamus is called a hippopotamus and not a giraffe....its just a name.
2006-11-14 02:09:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is because the name square is used to identify a shape that has four corners all of anges 90degrees adding up to 360degrees.
And of equal lengths on all four sides.
while a circle is the name given to a shape that has no corners but made up of one curved line that connects it's begining to its end. thus its area is calculated as pi*r^2 as for the distance from its begining to its end is 2*pi*r.
thus if you call a circle a square you will be describing a four sided shape that has four angles in which its area can be derived as themultiple of any two sides (l*w)
while its perimeter will be derived as the sum of all sides multiplied by 2 in that it may provide the same value but its calculation procedure will be different. in which automatically is wrong.
2006-11-14 10:51:34 · answer #2 · answered by mich01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long, long history of talk ...
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet."
--From Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
:-)
Anyway there is a nececity of assign diferent names to diferent things and a circle is a diferent thik than a square.
2006-11-14 10:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by roshpi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because you are the square, so we didn't want to confuse things.
2006-11-14 10:08:47 · answer #4 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why have u been named Kevin and not something else.
2006-11-14 10:33:53 · answer #5 · answered by net addict 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋