"Petey" <johnpeterson02@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
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Brian
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