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  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:08 AM
    testing033111
    What is the definition of "pi"?
    Something about a circle?
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:09 AM
    testing033111
    The ratio of a circle's area to the square of its radius
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:13 AM
    NeedKarma
    Why did you ask and post the answer within a minute of asking?
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:13 AM
    NeedKarma
    LOL, sorry, keep on testing.
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:28 AM
    galactus

    What you posted is the area of a circle.

    is the ratio of a circles diameter to its circumference.

    In other words. The distance around a circle is Pi, or about 3.14, times the distance across it.

    Area of a circle is

    The radius is half the diameter.

    Say a circle as a radius of 2 feet.

    Its area is then square feet.

    Say a circle has a diameter of 2 feet. It's circumference is then

    In other words, if the distance across the circle is 2 feet, then the distance around it is about 6.28 feet
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:29 AM
    NeedKarma
    Psssst... it's a developer doing some testing here.
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:32 AM
    galactus

    I'm sorry, what do you mean "a developer doing some testing"?
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:33 AM
    Curlyben
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    psssst...it's a developer doing some testing here.

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by galactus View Post
    I'm sorry, what do you mean "a developer doing some testing"?.

    Just making sure things are working as the ought to ;)
  • Mar 31, 2011, 07:35 AM
    J_9
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by testing033111 View Post
    Something about a circle?

    A baked food composed of a pastry shell filled with fruit, meat, cheese, or other ingredients, and usually covered with a pastry crust.
  • Mar 31, 2011, 08:09 AM
    Unknown008

    Does the food necessarily be a circle! :eek:

    And galactus, it's RickJ (if I'm not mistaken) who made this thread through the Go skin to test things out, that is the features in that skin.
  • Mar 31, 2011, 08:25 AM
    excon

    Hello teste:

    My math education STOPPED at pi. Interestingly, I've lived a whole life not know what it was, and I don't think I missed anything.

    excon
  • Mar 31, 2011, 11:02 AM
    jcaron2
    Comment on J_9's post
    Mmmmmmmm... pi.
  • Mar 31, 2011, 05:49 PM
    DrBob1
    Of course it has to be a circle--- that's why the answer to "Pi are square" is "No they aren't, pi are round; cornbread are square!!"
  • Apr 1, 2011, 07:13 AM
    Unknown008

    I had a square pi once! :eek:

    ;)
  • Apr 1, 2011, 07:21 AM
    J_9

    Okay. Now I want PI. Should it be apple? Raspberry? Lemon Merangue or Key Lime?
  • Apr 1, 2011, 07:36 AM
    Unknown008

    A quarter of each? :o
  • Apr 1, 2011, 07:41 AM
    J_9
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Unknown008 View Post
    A quarter of each? :o

    Wouldn't that be one-fourth?
  • Apr 1, 2011, 07:53 AM
    Unknown008

    Um... um... if you want to call it like that, no problem with me, it's the same, except that I don't use one fourth that often.
  • Apr 1, 2011, 08:03 AM
    J_9
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Unknown008 View Post
    Um... um... if you want to call it like that, no problem with me, it's the same, except that I don't use one fourth that often.

    Oh, okay, a quarter then? :rolleyes:

    Four of them makes a dollar! :eek:
  • Apr 1, 2011, 08:42 AM
    Unknown008

    You lost me now... :( :o

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