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To: Jimmy Valentine
Actually, 3.1428571 etc.

Ahem . . . 3.1415926. Too much pi will give your calcs a bellyache.

11 posted on 02/25/2021 4:11:58 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Max in Utah

I recall a quick way to obtain pi accurate to 6 decimal places on the simplest of calculators is to remember 113355. Divide the last three digits by the first three and you get 3.141592. Saved me a few times in the “old days” of hand-held calculators with only the basic functions.


19 posted on 02/25/2021 4:39:37 AM PST by glennaro (Tyranny can only be defeated by force ... physical force. It doesn't just "go away" by itself!)
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