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Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)

11-19-2012, 07:48 PM

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Posted By bearisgray

Just trying to say that 22/7 (3-1/7) is a close...

Just trying to say that 22/7 (3-1/7) is a close enough approximation to whatever the 'actual' value of pi is for most of my purposes.

Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)

11-18-2012, 07:31 AM

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Posted By bearisgray

I still think that 22/7 is a good APPROXIMATION...

I still think that 22/7 is a good APPROXIMATION of the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter.

It seems very logical to me from a metaphysical/numerological viewpoint.

Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)

11-16-2012, 10:37 AM

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Posted By bearisgray

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My calculator gives the value of pi as: 3.14159365359

My calculator give the value of 22/7 (3-1/7) as: 3.14285714286

22/7 has a repeating decimal as the value and, as far as I know, pi...

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