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Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

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    Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

    Good afternoon all.

    I want to know if Excel contains a function that calculates the circumference of an ellipse. Alternately, is there a formula developed by anyone that can do the same?

    Thanks in advance

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    Re: Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

    Hi grenee and welcome to the forum,

    Is this what you are looking for?
    http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/e...perimeter.html
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    Re: Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

    Thanks for the quick response.

    not really the response I am seeking. I don't want to calculate on the internet, I want to enter 2 values in an excel sheet which has the formula built in that give the results automatically

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    Re: Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

    Using Ramanujan's approximation at Marvin's link,

    Row\Col
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    B
    C
    D
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    a
    b
    Circ
    2
    10
    1
    40.639
    C2: =PI() * (A2+B2) * (1 + 3*(A2-B2)^2 / (A2+B2)^2 / (10 + SQRT(4 - 3*(A2-B2)^2 / (A2+B2)^2)))
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    Re: Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

    Thank you.

    Is it possible to have the formula in a copy and paste format, to copy from the forum and paste into me excel sheet? because in the given formula it seems like I would have to know some maths

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    Re: Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

    Ok.

    I got it done. Thanks very much
    I did copy and paste but I realize that I was to use the column letters on my sheet rather than the ones I copied as they did not correspond in location.

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    Re: Finding a formula that calculates the circumference of an ellipse

    You're welcome.

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