Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 10:22:22 12/12/99
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> >yep.. although I don't see why it is 'funny'. I see that kind of intuition from >students all the time. No one thinks to compute Diameter=Circumference/Pi. >Since Pi is roughly 3, if you add 3 feet to the circumference, you add 1 foot >to the diameter, or about 1/2 foot clearance all the way around the world. > >(BTW, yes, I know pi=3.1415265358979323846264...).. :) that is 3.1415_9_26 I think ;-)
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