Posted on 03/14/2024 12:21:14 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Math fans around the world celebrate Pi Day on March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number with many uses. Many mark the day with a slice of pie — sweet, savory or even pizza
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Math geeks on FR flame away.
It is not an infinite number. It has a finite value. It just has an infinite number of digits.
I’ll happily go for a good “Blue Berry” or “Pumpkin Chocolate Chip”.
>>I will never understand, “pi 3.14”.
Had Indiana Bill No. 246 passed, pi would have been 3.2 if that’s easier for you.
Mathematician: Pi r squared
Baker: No! Pie are round, cake are square!
In Alaska, where it gets very cold, pi is only 3.00.
As you know, everything shrinks in the cold.
They call it Eskimo pi.
A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are all given identical
rubber balls and told to find the volume. They are given anything they
want to measure it, and have all the time they need.
The mathematician
pulls out a measuring tape and records the circumference. He then
divides by two times pi to get the radius, cubes that, multiplies by pi
again, and then multiplies by four-thirds and thereby calculates the
volume.
The physicist gets a bucket of water, places 1.00000 gallons of
water in the bucket, drops in the ball, and measures the displacement
to six significant figures.
And the engineer? He writes down the serial
number of the ball, and looks it up.
Question: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
Answer: Pumpkin Pi!
Question: What do you get when you take the moon and divide its circumference by its diameter?
Answer: Pi in the sky.
Question: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?
Answer: Pi a’la mode.
Keep up with the bad jokes and a clown will give you a pi in the face. /sarc
The mathematical value of Pi always starts with 3.14 but it is an infinite number but today is 3/14 or Pi Day, the equation of the circumference of a circle is always equal to Pi times the radius squared
And the radius is always equal to the diameter of the circle divided by 2 conversely the diameter is always equal to the radius times 2 , yes I’m a math geek
It’s just a fun game to talk about for people who enjoy math kind of like 4/20 is marijuana day because 4/20 is a police call sign for pot
All I know is it’s my only son’s birthday and he ironically excels at math...lol
Also Einstein’s birthday.
So, how can we ever know its finite value?
May as well be an infinite number...
If you take any number and divide it by 0.50, the calculation will never end.
Please elaborate. 1/.5=2 done.
the circumference of a circle is always equal to Pi times the radius squared
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um, geek,
circumference of a circle is Pi time diameter. diameter = 2*radius.
the circumference of a circle is always equal to Pi times the radius squared
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um, geek,
circumference of a circle is Pi times diameter. diameter = 2*radius.
Thank you for your reply, still don't understand, and I have nothing against math geeks.
I think that’s what I said without the use of mathematical symbols or at least what I meant to say
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