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Friday 13 March 2020

Pi Day

1. What is the significance of Pi Day? Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. ... Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point.

2. How did we calculate Pi (π)The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. ... The first calculation of πwas done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world.

3. How is Pi related to our number to pic? Its a Ratio of a Circle's   circumference to its Diameter.

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