How Do You Draw a Circle?

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How do you draw a circle

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Counterclockwise. (and lol @ anti-clock. Never heard that before).

But I'm a freak when it comes to hand dominance. Was left handed until I was in 1st grade. Then had a series of injuries that left my left arm unusable for about 6 months and converted to being right handed. I still bat and golf left handed. Can bowl pretty good with left hand as well. But identify as right handed. :p
 

MrDudeMan

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I can draw a perfect circle in a straight line, I'll bet no one can figure that out. Comment back if you can and I will reward you.

A circle with an infinite radius is a line. The other possibility is you're drawing a two dimensional object (you did say circle) in three dimensions. If the circle is in the XY plane and you rotate around the X axis, the circle will be a line in the XY plane. Without the rotation, it will also be a line in the YZ plane.
 
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The more I think about...my hand is just writing a letter c and completing the rest of it. It's the same exact motion, just continued a bit. When writing the letter "C" I start at the top and work around to the bottom. Drawing a circle is the same muscle memory.
 
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IronWing

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A circle with an infinite radius is a line. The other possibility is you're drawing a two dimensional objectg (you did say circle) in three dimensions, which, when rotated 90 degrees in the third dimension, would be a line.
Either that or he is really, really fat.
 

Charmonium

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Counterclockwise. (and lol @ anti-clock. Never heard that before).

But I'm a freak when it comes to hand dominance. Was left handed until I was in 1st grade. Then had a series of injuries that left my left arm unusable for about 6 months and converted to being right handed. I still bat and golf left handed. Can bowl pretty good with left hand as well. But identify as right handed. :p
So you were born levo[rotary] but now your dextro. That should be a qualifier in how people identify themselves. 'Why yes, I'm dextro-cis. Is that a problem?' :colbert: