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Re: P != 3.14


From: dan () geer org
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:25:32 -0400


Hamid,

I shared that with a collector of mathematical triva.

His reply:

the area of an 82' circle is 5281 sq.ft.,
because 5281 is pi*41^2 , very nearly.
as it happens, 82' = 25 m, so this circle
is also 25 meters across.

note that this 25m circle is what you get
when you coil a 1 mile-long cable, 1 foot
in diameter, in a tight, flat, spiral coil.

Yours in space,

--dan

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