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Integral Calculus

sir, by the integration of a hemicircle with radius r and equation x^2+y^2=2rx with limit0 to 2r can wecalculate the value of pi?please guide me.

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15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
14 Years ago

NO,pi is by definition, the ratio of circumference to diameter. You will be left with an unknown constant 'pi' which you have evaluate using other means like infinite series.