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if I wanted to find the area of the outer circular strip, I know I would just take the area of the composite and subtract out the inner radius. (i.e. pi(a^2)-pi(b^2)). However why can't I use 2pi*radius*thickness? this would be 2pi*a(a-b) which is obviously not the same.
if I wanted to find the area of the outer circular strip, I know I would just take the area of the composite and subtract out the inner radius. (i.e. pi(a^2)-pi(b^2)). However why can't I use 2pi*radius*thickness? this would be 2pi*a(a-b) which is obviously not the same.