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"3.1416 IS an acceptable optimization good for most all calculations except for moon shots."

I thought that pi was normally rounded to 3.1416 rather than 3.1415. Isn't the next decimal a 9, i.e., 3.14159?

29 posted on 03/14/2015 8:06:10 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle

To: Steve_Seattle

Yes, 3.14159... or 3.1416.

By the way, pi are NOT squared, CORNBREAD are square.

Pi are round.

32 posted on 03/14/2015 8:15:03 PM PDT by OKSooner ("Remember Fort Hood, Boston, and Moore, Oklahoma.")

To: Steve_Seattle

I thought that pi was normally rounded to 3.1416..

Yes it is. Four decimal resolution is more than adequate for most applications other than things like the mentioned and presently non-existent moon shot things.. ;-)

Isn't the next decimal a 9, i.e., 3.14159?

Yes it is.

3.141592653.... (non repeating to infinity.. ;-)

On another note since you 'brought up' Seattle, it seems that the manufacturers of Bertha should have used a higher precision calculator. Three significant digits (aka slide rule accuracy) is a tad wanting in the manufacture of really BIG projects.. ;-)

36 posted on 03/14/2015 8:32:56 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)

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