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how were the ancient egyptian mesure the area of the circle and the value of "pi"

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  • the mnemonic for pi is this: "sir i have a tooth complaint, it really aches alot". take the number of letters = 3.141592654

  • 1% error is a really big difference when you get towards the size of a pyramid. maybe this is why they are all square and not circles :)

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  • @beeniefide I can almost see that vein throbbing on your forehead. Are you sure anger is the correct initial emotional response to YouTube comments?

  • @LeTinctoire Why don't you just fuck off and take your fucking perfect grammar with you, I don't see any of your comments getting thumbed up, leave me alone, grammar police like you are supposed to get straight A's and go to Harvard where they mingle with other pretentious sons of bitches and no-one gives a fuck, not sit around putting people down on fucking youtube where all they do is piss other people off. Cunt.

  • @beeniefide Why don't you find a new mnemonic that also works for people who *can* spell?

  • @LeTinctoire There's always one who has to come out and pick faults with everything and screw everything up... Why don't you just take it for what it is and shove your perfectionism where the sun doesn't shine!

  • @beeniefide Too bad, 'alot' is not a word.

  • Maybe you need that 1% for expansion.

  • I think if one of the old egyptians explained this, it would be clearer that what he explained:

    he calculated his own version of pi * D squared. this is why to get the usual pi, he has to multiply with this 4 square feet which is ... uuhhhhh... you tell

  • I just accidentally memorised 60 digits of pi, and i cannot forget it. Just as well :D

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  • 4/1 - 4/3 + 4/5 - 4/7 + 4/9 - 4/11 + 4/13 - .....

    See the pattern? If you continue this series to infinity, the total sum will be exactly pi, you can try it out but you will need to go as far as the 50th number to get something around 3.17

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