Twoafros@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agoMath question: how do we get an irrational number pi from the ratio of circumference and the diameter of a circle?message-squaremessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareMath question: how do we get an irrational number pi from the ratio of circumference and the diameter of a circle?Twoafros@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarederekabutton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoC=pi*D means that you need pi diameters to make the length of the circumference. Does that clarify?
C=pi*D means that you need pi diameters to make the length of the circumference. Does that clarify?