8 Jan
2019
8 Jan
'19
2:28 p.m.
On 1/8/19 1:31 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
I first encountered it about 60 years ago, in fifth grade.? Our textbook
said, "PI is about 3.1416 or 22/7."? Our teacher insisted that that
sentence meant "PI is about 3.1416, or exactly 22/7."? I argued it.? I
pointed out that 22/7 was about 3.1429, and "why would they say 'about
3.1416' instead of 'about 3.1429' if it were actually 22/7?"? I got
sent
to the principal's office.? My father, who COULD recite a dozen digits
of PI gave me a hard time about "staying out of trouble".
3.142 was good enough for Edward Elgar.
--Chuck