Questions and Answers
What is the area of a circle with radius R?
What is a circle?
A circle of radius r with center O is the set of all points that are a distance R units from O.
What is the circumference?
The distance around a circle.
The constant of proportionality represents a __________ relationship.
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What does 'corresponding' refer to?
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What is a diameter?
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Two ratios a:b and c:d are equivalent if you can multiply a and b to get c and d.
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What is the origin in the coordinate plane?
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What does pi represent?
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What defines a proportional relationship?
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What is the radius of a circle?
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What is the rate of change in a linear relationship?
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What is a scale drawing?
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What is a scale factor?
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What is a scale copy?
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Study Notes
Area and Geometry Concepts
- Area of a circle is calculated using the formula ( A = \pi R^2 ) where R is the radius.
- A circle is defined as the set of all points at a fixed distance (radius r) from a central point O.
- Circumference refers to the total distance around a circle.
Relationships and Proportionality
- The constant of proportionality expresses the relationship in proportional scenarios.
- Corresponding parts are those that match between original figures and their copies, such as angles, sides, or points.
Circle Properties
- The diameter is a line segment stretching across a circle, with endpoints on the circle and passing through its center.
- The ratio of two quantities a:b and c:d are equivalent if you can multiply both terms of the first ratio to obtain the second.
Coordinate System
- The origin in a coordinate plane is represented by the point (0,0).
Mathematical Constants
- Pi (π) is the constant that relates the circumference of a circle to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14.
- Proportional relationships exist if a positive constant k relates two quantities by the equation ( y = kx ).
Radius and Change
- The radius is the distance from the center of a circle to any point on the circle.
- In a linear relationship represented by ( y = mx + b ), the constant m indicates the rate of change between x and y.
Scale and Drawings
- Scale refers to the size relation in scale drawings.
- A scale drawing maintains proportional dimensions where all lengths correspond to those of the actual object by the same scale factor.
- The scale factor is the ratio indicating how much larger or smaller a scaled copy is compared to the original figure.
Scale Copies
- A scale copy ensures every length in the original figure is consistently increased or decreased based on the scale factor used.
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