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Radius of a Circle

The radius is a straight line from the center of the circle to any point on its edge. It is the distance from the center to the boundary.

What is the radius?

The radius is half the diameter. All radii of the same circle are exactly the same length, because every point on the circle is the same distance from the center.

Circle radius diagram

Relationship with the Diameter

The radius and the diameter are directly related:

rradius of the circle ddiameter of the circle

r = d / 2

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