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The Area of a Circle, Explained with Pizza

Clip: Season 49 Episode 19 | 4m 23s

One of the oldest calculus problems, finding the area of a circle, can be visualized using a pizza. By dividing it up into ever smaller slices and laying them out next to one another, eventually you get something close a rectangle.

Aired: 11/16/22 | Rating: NR

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