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OpenStudy (danjs):

Construct a square that has the same area as a circle.

imqwerty (imqwerty):

just find out the area of circle and then equate it to area of square and find side length ans then u can construct it?

OpenStudy (danjs):

straight edge and a compass

OpenStudy (danjs):

i was just reading this story, pretty interesting on proving that pi is not a constructable number by proving that it is a transcendental number. So you can not construct a square the same area as a circle.

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