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March 15, 2013 12:02 am GMT
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Can You Calculate Pi Using Real Pies?
Rejoice math nerds and pie enthusiasts, today you can come together in solidarity to promote both numbers and fruit-filled, doughy pieces of goodness. Because as any calendar knows, today is 3.14 — a day named after the constant and our good friend, Pi
And while this never-ending-number may have taunted you in your junior high school days, it now brings you the perfect post-New Year's resolution excuse to gorge on sweet treats
But while you eat that pie, watch this video of YouTuber Numberphile attempting to use measurements of actual pies to result in the the ratio of 3.14. He experiments with his hypothesis using hundreds of delicious pies and placing them in a precise circle
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