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Plane Geometry - Bruce E. Shapiro

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240 SECTION 44. ESTIMATING πFigure 44.1: A square inscribed in a unit circle.Triangle △ABC can be decomposed into two right triangles.Pythagorean theorem we haveFrom the(1 − a) 2 +Solving for a,ÅH22a = 1 − 1 −Also from the Pythagorean theorem,H3 2 = a 2 +Substituting the expression for a,[H3 2 = 1 − 1 −= 1 − 2 1 −+ 1 −ÅH2= 2 − 2 1 −ÅH2ã 2= 1Å ã 2 H22Å ã 2 H222Å ã 2 H222ã 2+Å ã 2 H22ã 2] 2+Å ã 2 H22Å ã 2 H22« CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. Revised: 18 Nov 2012

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