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In article <ant262248d076Quo@cartmell.demon.co.uk>, John Cartmell
<john@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <AF5DA45C96685884D@sofluc.demon.co.uk>, Jonathan Cunningham
> <URL:mailto:jlc@sofluc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > In article <5gmqsn$bs8@milo.vcn.bc.ca>,
> > mgibson@vcn.bc.ca (Mark Gibson) wrote:
> > 
> > >Martin Ward (martin@ward-hull.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> > >: Pi day

> > Since I haven't seen anyone else say it yet, if you are going to use a 12
> > digit approximation, how about using 3.14159265359 which is an even better
> > approximation than the one you use :-).
> > 
> > I find "3" is accurate enough for many purposes, though.
> 
> Quite true.  Making sausage rolls the pastry needs to be three widths
> of sausage and a bit.  The hardest thing to teach is when an
> approximation is appropriate.


Don't I recall that the Temple of Solomon had a golden "bath" which was 10
cubits in diameter, and a circle of 30 cubits "encompassed it round
about"???  It comes as a shock to many to find that the Bible says pi is
equal to 3 ...
Mike

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