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Question
Give a definition of the following term. Are there other terms that need to be defined first? What are they, and how might you define them?
radius of a circle
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Solution
Yes, we need to understand terms like point, line, ray, angle, plane, circle, and quadrilateral before defining the required terms.
The distance from the centre to a point on the circle is called the radius of the circle. In the figure, p is the centre, Q is a point on the circle, and PQ is the radius.
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