Jeanne traced her coffee mug on her piece of paper. how might she use paper-folding to find the center of the circle?

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asked Oct 25, 2019 181k views

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Comrade Che · Answer 1 · 2019-10-27T15:15:14+0000

If the mug was traced in the center of the paper, she could fold the paper in half vertically and horizontally to find the center point of the mug.

Jeromegamez · Answer 2 · 2019-10-29T08:51:29+0000

Explanation:

Jeanne traced her coffee mug on her piece of paper and now she is trying to find the center of the circle.

Jeanne must cut the piece of the paper in the shape of a circle according to the coffee mug.

Now Jeanne has to fold the paper circle in such a way as to make a semi circle.

After making the first semi circle Jeanne has to make another fold to make one smaller semi circle.

Now open the paper and Jeanne will notice two straight line intersecting at a point.

This straights lines are called the diameters of the circle and the point is the center of the circle.