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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: