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Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 17:16:15 UTC No. 16166070
Lately I have a doubt. If the first figure is supposed to measure more kilometers, then why does the second figure encircle more blocks and streets if it is supposed to measure fewer kilometers than the first figure?
Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 17:17:49 UTC No. 16166072
>>16166070
Bigger area. Or not bigger area. You decide...
Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 18:34:56 UTC No. 16166168
Smartest string theory denier
Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 18:49:43 UTC No. 16166177
>>16166070
Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick%
Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 19:01:35 UTC No. 16166191
>>16166168
I actually don't know much about mathematics, I don't know about that theorem. Actually I ask this question because I like geography and every time I try to measure a city and compare it with another I get the problem I just posted.
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 14:23:59 UTC No. 16167374
The right figure resembles more of a circle, the shape with the smallest perimeter/area ratio. Anything other than that and it's possible to have a shape with smaller area and yet even greater perimeter than the circle.
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 16:00:08 UTC No. 16167517
>>16166070
Perimeter is not the same as area?
Jagged shapes can have greater perimeter but have equal or less area. This is how fractals work to have infinite perimeter but finite area, by having an infinitely jagged shape.
In terms of your question, city size is determined by area. You should use area equations to measure the size of large objects, instead of perimeter.