Gollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoPI is whati.imgur.comimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1803arrow-down120 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1783arrow-down1imagePI is whati.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square88fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTiger Jerusalem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 year agoIt’s an engineer’s pi.
minus-squarejadero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoNot necessarily. Calculating the flotation of a cylindrical pontoon using pi=5 will leave you with a boat that sinks!
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoSo it’s like a baker’s dozen?
It’s an engineer’s pi.
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Not necessarily. Calculating the flotation of a cylindrical pontoon using pi=5 will leave you with a boat that sinks!
So it’s like a baker’s dozen?