Robert Meier wrote:
>
> --- Nick Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My sixth grade son did the math for me:
> >
> > 3.14 x (1/1.4) x (1/1.4) = 1.60
> >
> > 3.14 x (1/1.8) x (1/1.8) = 0.97
> >
> > (1.60/0.97) X 100 = 165%
> >
> > He also said that if we use pi to more than two
> > decimal places, and
>
> Hm, even if I use 732.3412125 as pi I still get the
> same final result (which is the only thing we want to
> know to answer the original question). I think your
> sixth grade son is something missing here.
Give him a break Robert ... he's only twelve. His seventh grade
brother later made the point that constants may be ignored (or
as you illustrated, may be incorrect values) without altering
the final result.
-Nick
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