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minus-squareHopFlop@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·4 months agoYou don’t need to, it’s defined. (Lol). If you take a circle with a circumference of 1, then its circumference will be 1… I think I might have lost some braincells reading this.
minus-squareKill_John_Lennon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoHe obviously meant to say how do you measure that it’s exactly 1m, even when still in a straight line. Exactly being the key word here.
minus-squarehesdeadjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoBut is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width.
You don’t need to, it’s defined. (Lol). If you take a circle with a circumference of 1, then its circumference will be 1… I think I might have lost some braincells reading this.
He obviously meant to say how do you measure that it’s exactly 1m, even when still in a straight line. Exactly being the key word here.
But is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width.