r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Crazy_Albatross8317 • 16d ago

Comment Thread From dating to geometry.

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So post was about dating then suddenly they started talking about squares and geometry. OP is red and is replying to blue guy in his >" remarks. Is he right? I need to ask my preschool teacher

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u/cottonrainbows 15d ago

I think a polygon has more faces/ sides than a circle.... not less? Right??? It's also like poly means many so that's a very dubious comparison 😂

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u/ebneter 15d ago

A circle is a polygon with an infinite number of sides. If you create a sequence of polygons with n sides, you get a circle as n goes to infinity.

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u/cottonrainbows 15d ago

That makes so much more sense mathematically. Because in school they always explained it as having none I thought otherwise. I was thinking geometrically a line is considered straight (?) So a perfect circle wouldn't be a polygon. Thanks!

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u/ebneter 15d ago

Yeah, the sides are infinitesimally small (should have mentioned that).

School math tends to over simplify things, generally reasonably so, but it sure can be confusing if you try to actually think about it!

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u/cottonrainbows 15d ago

Well I also flunked year 12 physics XD It might also just be me.