Gilbertson, Nicholas J.

Broken Ceiling Lights : Circular Area Without the Radius (Journal Article) - Reston, Virginia : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics , 2023 - 874–878p. - Mathematics Teacher: Learning Teaching PK12 , Volume 116: Issue 11, November 2023 .

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Abstract: A customer walks in to a lighting store with a broken ceiling light, and the solution to finding a replacement glass illuminates an alternative approach to finding the circumference and area of a circle without knowing the circle’s center, radius, or diameter.

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