Is dlπ/2 equivalent to dl/(dlπ/2)?

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Homework Statement
Is equivalent the infinitesimal segment and the semicircle with diameter equal to this infinitesimal segment?
Relevant Equations
l/(lpi/2)
dl = Infinitesimal length of the segment.
dlπ/2 = the semicircle length

lim dl-> zero
dl/(dlπ/2) = 2/π, no zero, so the answer would be yes.

But second the book, the answer is no, where am i wrong?
 
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I see, actually I mistook same order and equivalence...
 
Not sure what you mean by equivalent but they are not equal, they are two different infinitesimals, one is ##dx=dl## and the other is ##dy= \frac{\pi}{2}dx=\frac{\pi}{2}dl##.

They are of the same order as you say, they are both linearly dependent on dl so you might say that in this sense they are equivalent.