User:Hans G. Oberlack/QH 1.7189820

Shows the largest semicircle within a square.

General case

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Base is the square   of side length s.

The line segment   has the side length   of the square. So has the line segment  . So the line segment   has the length  . So we get the equation:
(1)  

The line segments  ,  ,  ,   and   have the length of the radius   of the semicircle  .

Since   the rectangle   is a square with side length  . This leads to the equation:
(2)  

The line segment   is the diameter of the semicircle and has the length:  . The line segment   has length  . For symmetry reasons the line segment   has the same length, so  . Using the Pythagorean theorem we get equation:
(3)  
 
 
 

Applying the Pythagorean theorem to the triangle   we get the equation
(4)  

Using equations (3) and (4) we arrive at:
 
 
 
 

Now we use this result together with equations (1) and (2).
 
 
 
 
 

Segments in the general case

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0) The side length of the square  
1) Radius of the semicircle  

Perimeters in the general case

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0) Perimeter of base square  
1) Perimeter of the semicircle  

Areas in the general case

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0) Area of the base square  
1) Area of the semicircle  

Centroids in the general case

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Centroid positions are measured from the lower left point of the square.
0) Centroid positions of the base square:  
1) Centroid positions of the semicircle: If the center of the radius of the semicircle were positioned on   and the diameter were parallel to the y-axis then the centroid position would be  . Since the center point is shift by distance   and rotated by 45 degrees the centroids are  
 
 , since  
 

Normalised case

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In the normalised case the area of the base is set to 1.
 

Segments in the normalised case

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0) Segment of the base square  
1) Segment of the semicircle  

Perimeters in the normalised case

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0) Perimeter of base square 
1) Perimeter of the semicircle  

Areas in the normalised case

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0) Area of the base square  
1) Area of the semicircle  

Centroids in the normalised case

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Centroid positions are measured from the lower left point of the square.
0) Centroid positions of the base square:  
1) Centroid positions of the semicircle: