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Calculate the number of steps (S) needed to construct a flattened path approximating acircle with radius (R) where the maximum imprecision of the path is a predefined constant L.ß = 2*pi / Sq = midpoint(ab)length(cd) = R length(qd) = L and length(cq) = R-Lcos(ß/2) = length(cq)/R = (R-L)/Rß = 2 * arccos(1 - L/R) = 2*pi / SS = pi / arccos(1 - L/R)eg: Given a circle with radius = 100px and allowing a max. imprecision of 1/4pxthe number of steps (vertices) required to draw a path approximating the circle is ...Steps = pi / arccos(1 - 0.25/100) = 44
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