Gollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agoPI is whati.imgur.comimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1805 cross-posted to: mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1805imagePI is whati.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square88fedilink cross-posted to: mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareTiger Jerusalem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·9 months agoIt’s an engineer’s pi.
minus-squarejadero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoNot necessarily. Calculating the flotation of a cylindrical pontoon using pi=5 will leave you with a boat that sinks!
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoSo it’s like a baker’s dozen?
It’s an engineer’s pi.
Added safety tolerance
Not necessarily. Calculating the flotation of a cylindrical pontoon using pi=5 will leave you with a boat that sinks!
So it’s like a baker’s dozen?