On Mar 15, 6:55 am, Jack Tingle <wjtin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Yesterday being pi-day (3/14 at approximately 1:59:27), I tried a little
> exercise. The most commonly used approximations for this nasty little
> number are 3.1416, 22/7, and 355/113. Since pi is 3.14159... 3.1416 is a
> pretty good approximation, and only requires you to remember five
> digits. 22/7 only needs 3 digits, while 355/113 needs a prodigious act
> of memory on SIX whole digits [shocked muttering from audience].
But for all practical purposes
float pi = acos(-1.0);
Luke
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