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Fun fact: 355/113 = 3.14159…
Close enough to pi so that using it for calculating the earth’s circumference from its diameter is accurate to within 3 meters.

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… or to within π meters?

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I chuckled

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The engineer in me wants to tell you round it up to 3.5 just to be safe. Maybe even 4 might be better…

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Better multiply it with a safety factor of 2.

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I like the way you think.

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