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Archimedes' Approximation of Pi

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number of sides
6
A unit circle is displayed. A regular polygon of
n
sides is circumscribed. Another regular polygon of
n
sides is inscribed.
The area of the red circumscribed polygon is displayed at the top of the diagram. The area of the blue inscribed polygon is displayed at the bottom.
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