To: ShadowAce
How would you have him describe it? It would have been sufficient to simply say that it was 10 cubits across. Then, anyone who knew about pi would have automatically known the circumference. By going on to describe the circumference (incorrectly, given the diameter), it's obvious that the author didn't realize that the diameter alone is all that was needed.
1,510 posted on
02/22/2006 9:07:09 AM PST by
PatrickHenry
(Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: PatrickHenry
By going on to describe the circumference (incorrectly, given the diameter)... Uh... just WHICH 'circumference' are you refering?
1,564 posted on
02/22/2006 12:44:50 PM PST by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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