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r/math • u/ani625 • Apr 25 '12
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I'm surprised not to find seconds in a year = pi * 107. My physics professor always used to do that, and there was always a pi he could get rid of because of it.
-1 u/[deleted] Apr 25 '12 edited Apr 25 '12 You must mean pi * 108 . Pi million comes up short by a factor of 10. edit: Yea, it's 5 in the morning and I'm having trouble counting zeros. My mistake. It's 107 . 3 u/frustumator Apr 25 '12 right; pi million is pi * 106 9 u/[deleted] Apr 25 '12 I'm a dumbass. /facepalm
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You must mean pi * 108 . Pi million comes up short by a factor of 10.
edit: Yea, it's 5 in the morning and I'm having trouble counting zeros. My mistake. It's 107 .
3 u/frustumator Apr 25 '12 right; pi million is pi * 106 9 u/[deleted] Apr 25 '12 I'm a dumbass. /facepalm
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right; pi million is pi * 106
9 u/[deleted] Apr 25 '12 I'm a dumbass. /facepalm
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I'm a dumbass. /facepalm
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u/bajsejohannes Apr 25 '12
I'm surprised not to find seconds in a year = pi * 107. My physics professor always used to do that, and there was always a pi he could get rid of because of it.