What Does Pi Mean To You?

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  1. Bobby Cole

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    Nuts? My good man, math is like reading the score of a beautiful rhapsody or a sonata so if you're nuts then we both belong in the same sanitarium! Love the stuff and am highly addicted................:)
     
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  2. Von Jones

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    Thank you for the birthday wish. German Chocolate cake is preferred.:D
     
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    Thanks, @Chrissy Cross . It's the one I plan to wear to the Royal Wedding. Strange, though, I haven't yet received my invitation. I hope it's not lost in the mail. :eek:

    I didn't understand Pi in grade school, either. Nor high school. :D
     
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  4. Chrissy Cross

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    I got mine last week @Shirley Martin :)
     
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  5. Shirley Martin

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    Well, I hope mine comes soon. I'm all adither. :D
     
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    My two homeschool children went to an International Pi Day event in our town. They built Scribble Bots. They had a wonderful informative time.
     
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  7. Von Jones

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    I think this is a fun thing to do with my grandson.

     
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  8. Hal Pollner

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    A quick calculation of Pi is 22/7.

    I can remember Pi as 3.141592654, but usually round it to 3.1416 in my calculations.

    Hal
     
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  9. Von Jones

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  10. Frank Sanoica

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    Awww, shucks, Ma'am! But, thank you! :oops:
     
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  11. Frank Sanoica

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    But, but, what about Elliptical Circumference?
    Frank
     
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    Thank you, Von. I'm not sure I should be included in that awesome company....
     
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  13. Shirley Martin

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    I think they are a bunch of showoffs. ;);):rolleyes::D
     
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  14. Hal Pollner

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    Frank, there is no formula for elliptical circumference...you just have to define the characteristics of the curve and solve it with differential calculus.

    Hal
     
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  15. Frank Sanoica

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    @Hal Pollner
    For AREA, I would set up the ellipse centered on the X-Y plane, use one of it's quarters, and add together the areas of an infinite number of tiny near-rectangles, then multiply by four. But, that's INTEGRAL Calculus. For the life of me, I cannot recall working toward lengths of curve segments, enclosed or not.
    Frank
     
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