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Thread: Why can't arbelos's have more than two smaller semi circles?

  1. July 26th 2012, 03:41 AM #1
    Tessy
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    Why can't arbelos's have more than two smaller semi circles?

    What would happen to an arbelos if instead of having two smaller semicircles within the main semi-circle, there were three, four, etc?
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  2. July 26th 2012, 12:30 PM #2
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    Re: Why can't arbelos's have more than two smaller semi circles?

    Nothing really; would just be more calculations !
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