Open University Visualising & Appreciating Circles

Open University (OU) Visualizing circles, part of the Exploring Mathematics course(course code MST121). (Math Mathematics Maths)
Course websites
http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/tasters/mst121/
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01MST121
A Circle can be thought of as:

1. Points equidistant from a fixed point

2. Three points fix a circle

3. Angles subtended by a fixed chord

4. Horizontal and vertical components

Duration : 0:6:57


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3 Responses to “Open University Visualising & Appreciating Circles”

  1. Fascinating… …
    Fascinating… Especially the vertical/horiztonal piece at the end.

    The chap’s spine around 5.50 looked well on the way to being a semi-circle!

  2. Interesting for …
    Interesting for teachers!!! Thx

  3. denialisimpotence on April 17th, 2010 at 6:10 am

    Pretty cool, …
    Pretty cool, interesting.

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