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Splitting A Circle Evenly 2006-12-20
From Joe:
I'm trying to make a game board and instead of having it square, I would like to give it a curve (the game is Parcheesi). The attached diagram is pretty much completed (done in AutoCAD). What I would like to know is how to manually find the points that intersect the red line. In other words, evenly split the semi-circle into 8 pieces.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Dividing a Circle 1999-04-12
From Mike Kenedy:
I am having trouble with a homework question for bonus marks. A Circle is continually divided by lines that do not intersect the center so that they produce the most pieces of circle. For example
  • 1 line divides the circle into 2.
  • 2 into 4.
  • 3, however into 7.
  • 4 into11
  • 5 into 16
  • 6 into 22
  • 7 into 29
  • 8 into 37
  • etc...
I am stumped and cannot figure out the equation, though I'm sure it involves squares. Can you help?

Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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