Re: Problems finding out the area of a 0.5mm circle.
- From: "Brian Reay" <see@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:27:16 GMT
"Petey" <johnpeterson02@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1138801930.578801.177330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I'm still unsure how to find out how many circles with an area of > 7850nm2 will fit into a circle with the area of 196250000000nm2. in my > novice way I am assuming that I would divide 196250000000nm2 by > 7850nm2, but as I am dealing with squared units I wonder if a simple > division is inapplicable? Furthermore, I wonder about the diamond-like > gaps between the cicrles (the circles are not overlapping). Maybe I > should find out the area for a 100mn x 100nm square, and then see how > many squares I can fit in the 500,000nm diameter circle, and then maybe > do the same with circles instead of squares, and with the two results > perhaps I could work out the answer somehow??... by finding how much > excess space surrounds a circle when and number of circles are fitted > side by side (not overlapping) in a grid type pattern. > What are you trying to do? The way you "fit" the small circles into the big one is an issue- if you are bothered about packing follow the other poster's lead. __ 73 Brian www.g8osn.org.uk .
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