Area of the Unit Circle

Area of the Unit Circle
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2020-01-02 15:17
This applet illustrates the method of exhaustion for approximating the area of a circle. Key concepts include circle, limits, and similar triangles. It uses GeoGebra commands such as Point, Circle, Intersect, Rotate, Angle, Polygon, Segment, OrthogonalLine, Vector, and more. Suitable for high school mathematics education and learning.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Point(xAxis) → A
  2. Circle(A, 1) → c
  3. Intersect(c, xAxis, 2) → B
  4. Rotate(B, centralangle, A) → B'
  5. Angle(B, A, B') → α
  6. Polygon(B, B', n) → poly1, f, p, e_{10}, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, q, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, r, V, W, Z, A_1, B_1, C_1, D_1, E_1, F_1, S_2, s, U_2, W_2, Z_2, A_3, B_3, C_3, D_3, E_3, F_3, G_3, t, H_3, S_3, T_3, U_3, V_3, W_3, Z_3, A_4, B_4, K_4, b, L_4, M_4, N_4, O_4, U_4, V_4, W_4, Z_4, A_5, B_5, d, C_5, K_5, L_5, M_5, N_5, O_5, P_5, Q_5, R_5, S_5, e, T_5, G_6, H_6, I_6, J_6, K_6, L_6, M_6, N_6, O_6, f_1, P_6, Q_6, R_6, G_7, H_7, I_7, J_7, K_7, L_7, M_7, g_1, N_7, W_7, Z_7, A_8, B_8, C_8, D_8, K_8, L_8, g, h_1, i_1, j_1, k_1, l_1, m_1, n_1, p_1, q_1, r_1, h, s_1, s_3, a_3, d_3, e_3, f_4, g_4, h_4, i_4, j_4, i, k_4, l_4, m_4, f_5, g_5, h_5, i_5, j_5, k_5, l_5, j, m_5, c_5, d_5, e_5, f_6, g_6, m_6, n_6, p_6, q_6, k, r_6, s_6, t_6, h_7, i_7, j_7, k_7, l_7, m_7, n_7, l, p_7, q_7, r_7, i_8, j_8, k_8, l_8, m_8, n_8, p_8, m, q_8, r_8, s_8, t_8, a_8, n_9, p_9, q_9, r_9, s_9, n_4, t_9, a_9, b_9, k_{10}, l_{10}, m_{10}, n_{10}, p_{10}, q_{10}, d_{10}
  7. Segment(B', A) → a_1
  8. Segment(A, B) → b_1
  9. OrthogonalLine(B', a_1) → c_1
  10. OrthogonalLine(B, b_1) → d_1
  11. Segment(C, A) → e_1
  12. OrthogonalLine(C, e_1) → f_2
  13. Intersect(f_2, c_1) → G_1
  14. Intersect(d_1, c_1) → H_1
  15. Polygon(H_1, G_1, n) → poly2, g_2, q_2, g_{11}, I_1, J_1, K_1, L_1, M_1, N_1, O_1, P_1, Q_1, r_2, R_1, S_1, T_1, U_1, V_1, W_1, Z_1, A_2, B_2, C_2, s_2, D_2, E_2, F_2, G_2, H_2, I_2, J_2, K_2, L_2, T_2, t_2, V_2, I_3, J_3, K_3, L_3, M_3, N_3, O_3, P_3, Q_3, a_2, R_3, C_4, D_4, E_4, F_4, G_4, H_4, I_4, J_4, P_4, b_2, Q_4, R_4, S_4, T_4, D_5, E_5, F_5, G_5, H_5, I_5, c_2, J_5, U_5, V_5, W_5, Z_5, A_6, B_6, C_6, D_6, E_6, d_2, F_6, S_6, T_6, U_6, V_6, W_6, Z_6, A_7, B_7, C_7, e_2, D_7, E_7, F_7, O_7, P_7, Q_7, R_7, S_7, T_7, U_7, f_3, V_7, E_8, F_8, G_8, H_8, I_8, J_8, M_8, N_8, h_2, g_3, h_3, i_3, j_3, k_3, l_3, m_3, n_3, p_3, q_3, i_2, r_3, t_3, b_3, p_4, q_4, r_4, s_4, t_4, a_4, b_4, j_2, c_4, d_4, e_4, n_5, p_5, q_5, r_5, s_5, t_5, a_5, k_2, b_5, h_6, i_6, j_6, k_6, l_6, a_6, b_6, c_6, d_6, l_2, e_6, f_7, g_7, s_7, t_7, a_7, b_7, c_7, d_7, e_7, m_2, f_8, g_8, h_8, b_8, c_8, d_8, e_8, f_9, g_9, h_9, n_2, i_9, j_9, k_9, l_9, m_9, c_9, d_9, e_9, f_{10}, g_{10}, p_2, h_{10}, i_{10}, j_{10}, r_{10}, s_{10}, t_{10}, a_{10}, b_{10}, c_{10}, f_{11}
  16. Circle(O_2, 1) → c_3
  17. Vector(N_2, P_2) → v
  18. Vector(M_2, Q_2) → w
  19. Vector(N_2, R_2) → a

AI Drawing Prompt Reference

Draw a unit circle and take two points B and B' on it. Rotate B' around point A to form angle α. Then draw a polygon with B and B' as vertices, and add auxiliary lines and points related to the polygon. Finally, draw another circle concentric with the unit circle and some vectors.
The prompt above was compiled from the original drawing commands and is for reference only.