Overview of Half-Circles

A detailed tutorial on equations of a half-circle. Step by step tutorial including several examples and an explanation of half-circles for reference.

A half-circle is truely half of a circle. If you take a circle and cut it in half, you will get a half circle. Because of this, the equations of the half-circle are very similar to the equations of a full circle – simply divide the equation by two. The only ones that you cannot find that way are the radius, diameter, and circumference. The radius and diameter do not change on a half-circle. There is no circumference on the half-circle, but if you need the circumference for another formula you can use the circumference of the whole circle of that half-circle.