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Write a function called circle that takes a turtle, t, and radius, r, as parameters andthat draws an approximate circle by calling polygon with an appropriate length andnumber of sides. Test your function with a range of values of r.Hint: figure out the circumference of the circle and make sure that length * n =circumference.

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Write a function called circle that takes a turtle, t, and radius, r, as parameters andthat draws an approximate circle by calling polygon with an appropriate length andnumber of sides. Test your function with a range of values of r.Hint: figure out the circumference of the circle and make sure that length * n =circumference.

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To write the function called "circle", we need to define the parameters it takes: a turtle object, t, and a radius, r. The function will draw an approximate circle by calling another function called "polygon" with an appropriate length and number of sides.

To start, we need to calculate the circumference of the circle. The formula for the circumference is C = 2 * π * r, where π is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14159.

Next, we need to determine the length of each side of the polygon. Since we want an approximate circle, we can divide the circumference by the number of sides of the polygon. Let's call this length "side_length". So, side_length = C / n, where n is the number of sides.

Now, we can call the "polygon" function with the turtle object, t, and the side_length as parameters. The "polygon" function should draw a polygon with the given side length and number of sides.

To test the "circle" function, we can call it with different values of r and observe the resulting approximate circles.

In summary, the steps to write the "circle" function are as follows:

  1. Define the function "circle" with parameters t and r.
  2. Calculate the circumference of the circle using the formula C = 2 * π * r.
  3. Calculate the length of each side of the polygon using side_length = C / n, where n is the number of sides.
  4. Call the "polygon" function with parameters t and side_length.
  5. Test the "circle" function with different values of r.

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