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'''Circumference''' typically refers to the distance around a [[circle]], though it may refer to the distance around any [[closed curve]] like an [[ellipse]], though calculating the circumference of an [[ellipse]] is moderately harder than calculating the circumference of a circle. The '''circumference''' of a [[circle]] is typically solved by <math>\pi \cdot d</math> where <math>d</math> represents a circle's [[diameter]], though <math> \pi \cdot r </math> certainly works as well.
 
'''Circumference''' typically refers to the distance around a [[circle]], though it may refer to the distance around any [[closed curve]] like an [[ellipse]], though calculating the circumference of an [[ellipse]] is moderately harder than calculating the circumference of a circle. The '''circumference''' of a [[circle]] is typically solved by <math>\pi \cdot d</math> where <math>d</math> represents a circle's [[diameter]], though <math> \pi \cdot r </math> certainly works as well.
  
==Finding Area and Volume of a Prism==
 
The [[volume]] of a prism is the area of the base face multiplied by the height. (If the prism is not a '''right prism,''' then the height is merely the perpendicular height from the base face.) The [[surface area]] of a prism is calculated by the sum of [[perimeter]] of the base face multiplied by the height of the prism and twice the area of a base face.
 
  
  

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Circumference typically refers to the distance around a circle, though it may refer to the distance around any closed curve like an ellipse, though calculating the circumference of an ellipse is moderately harder than calculating the circumference of a circle. The circumference of a circle is typically solved by $\pi \cdot d$ where $d$ represents a circle's diameter, though $\pi \cdot r$ certainly works as well.


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