Arnold Packer chairs the Scans 2000 Center within the Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The center is conducting the study mentioned in the essay. Successful 5th ...

Scientific American presents Math Dude by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. Throughout history, circles have symbolized many things: unity, ...

Any point P with coordinates (\(x, y\)) on the circumference of a circle can be joined to the centre (0, 0) by a straight line that forms the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle with sides of length ...

So you have a circle. What is the area of that circle? Surely everyone remembers that the area of a circle is: Where Pi (π) is of course the number and r is the radius of the circle. Where does this ...