SOLUTION: how many sides does a circle have? (note that none and infinite are wrong answers) so i guess the answer is 1 side ?

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Question 395450: how many sides does a circle have? (note that none and infinite are wrong answers)
so i guess the answer is 1 side ?

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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I would say a circle has infinitely many sides, since you can treat a circle as an n-gon where n approaches infinity. For example, you can derive a formula for the area of a regular n-gon, then find the limit as n goes to infinity (which will approach pi%2Ar%5E2).