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Question: What is Radius ?

Answer:

A radius of a circle is any straight line drawn from the center of the circle to a point on its circumference. The phrase the radius of a circle is often taken to mean the length of the radius of the circle.

So for example, if asked to find the radius of a bicycle wheel it is the length of its radius which is required. The radius of a circle is the distance from the centre of the circle to its edge. The radius of a regular polygon is the distance from the centre of the polygon to any one of its vertices. The plural of radius is radii.

Example of Radius of the Circle: