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Bad_Mojo 12/27/19 1:40:37 AM #1:	I'm very, very terrible at math so I don't understand a lot of things based on it --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:932104223] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>I'm very, very terrible at math so I don't understand a lot of things based on it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrNintendo1213 12/27/19 1:42:46 AM #2:	It's fairly self explanatory. It's the ratio of the diameter of a circle and its circumference. --- Dot Dot Dot... <cite>MrNintendo1213 posted [p:932104267] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>It's fairly self explanatory. It's the ratio of the diameter of a circle and its circumference.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/27/19 1:44:11 AM #3:	MrNintendo1213 posted... It's fairly self explanatory. It's the ratio of the diameter of a circle and its circumference. Why does it have so many digits after the 3.14? The size of a circle? --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:932104298] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>MrNintendo1213 posted... </cite> <quote>It's fairly self explanatory. It's the ratio of the diameter of a circle and its circumference.</quote> Why does it have so many digits after the 3.14? The size of a circle? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 12/27/19 1:50:46 AM #4:	The point is that it is always the same number, no matter the size of the circle. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:932104411] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>The point is that it is always the same number, no matter the size of the circle. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/27/19 1:52:02 AM #5:	Foppe posted... The point is that it is always the same number, no matter the size of the circle. Then why isn't it just 3.14? Why all the other numbers? --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:932104436] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Foppe posted... </cite> <quote>The point is that it is always the same number, no matter the size of the circle.</quote> Then why isn't it just 3.14? Why all the other numbers? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brotrrwinner 12/27/19 1:52:58 AM #6:	What if it's a square circle? --- September 21st, 2008 Never forget <cite>brotrrwinner posted [p:932104447] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>What if it's a square circle? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turtlebread 12/27/19 1:53:00 AM #7:	because more numbers mean more smarter --- https://imgur.com/yCW15Zn <cite>Turtlebread posted [p:932104449] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>because more numbers mean more smarter </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/27/19 1:54:06 AM #8:	brotrrwinner posted... What if it's a square circle? Then it's fake, just like pro wrestling --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:932104477] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>brotrrwinner posted... </cite> <quote>What if it's a square circle?</quote> Then it's fake, just like pro wrestling </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJKirby 12/27/19 1:54:06 AM #9:	more numbers mean a more accurate measurement, and the numbers haven't repeated themselves far as I know which is what makes it fascinating to math people --- Not changing this signature until Beyond Good and Evil 2 is in my hand. August 25th, 2010. <cite>SSJKirby posted [p:932104478] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>more numbers mean a more accurate measurement, and the numbers haven't repeated themselves far as I know which is what makes it fascinating to math people </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 12/27/19 1:54:11 AM #10:	Bad_Mojo posted... Then why isn't it just 3.14? Why all the other numbers? Because it is an extremely long number, but 3.14 is good enough to use in math. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:932104479] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite> <quote>Then why isn't it just 3.14? Why all the other numbers?</quote>Because it is an extremely long number, but 3.14 is good enough to use in math. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 12/27/19 1:54:25 AM #11:	it has infinite digits because that particular ratio ( circumference / diameter) can't be expressed as a fraction. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! ...found dead, in her bathtub. <cite>Medussa posted [p:932104484] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>it has infinite digits because that particular ratio ( circumference / diameter) can't be expressed as a fraction. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/27/19 1:55:53 AM #12:	SSJKirby posted... more numbers mean a more accurate measurement But that other person just said that's what all circles are. What do you mean more accurate? I thought they said that's just what circles are --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:932104503] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>SSJKirby posted... </cite> <quote>more numbers mean a more accurate measurement</quote> But that other person just said that's what all circles are. What do you mean more accurate? I thought they said that's just what circles are </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/27/19 2:00:41 AM #13:	Okay, thanks, everyone Now explain calculus to me, please I made this topic thinking about the Zeno Paradox [How can you make it anywhere if you keep halving the distance] and found out that's why calculus was made, so solve that question. And they did it Could anyone shed some light on this to a big dummy like me? --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:932104587] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Okay, thanks, everyone Now explain calculus to me, please I made this topic thinking about the Zeno Paradox [How can you make it anywhere if you keep halving the distance] and found out that's why calculus was made, so solve that question. And they did it Could anyone shed some light on this to a big dummy like me? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJKirby 12/27/19 11:34:27 AM #14:	Point A and Point B have C distance between them Dividing the distance in half between them means you'll never reach 0, because anything divided by 2 can't reach 0. So if you throw something at someone, mathematically it'll never hit them --- Not changing this signature until Beyond Good and Evil 2 is in my hand. August 25th, 2010. <cite>SSJKirby posted [p:932115834] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Point A and Point B have C distance between them Dividing the distance in half between them means you'll never reach 0, because anything divided by 2 can't reach 0. So if you throw something at someone, mathematically it'll never hit them </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vicious_Dios 12/27/19 11:35:05 AM #15:	@PiOverlord --- S / K / Y / N / E Twitch/YouTube/GT: *Adzeta* <cite>Vicious_Dios posted [p:932115855] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>@PiOverlord </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BillORileyReid 12/27/19 11:40:54 AM #16:	SSJKirby posted... Point A and Point B have C distance between them Dividing the distance in half between them means you'll never reach 0, because anything divided by 2 can't reach 0. So if you throw something at someone, mathematically it'll never hit them but it does hit them so calculus is all theroetical bullshit --- This is without a doubt the worst username I've ever made <cite>BillORileyReid posted [p:932116044] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>SSJKirby posted...</cite> <quote>Point A and Point B have C distance between them Dividing the distance in half between them means you'll never reach 0, because anything divided by 2 can't reach 0. So if you throw something at someone, mathematically it'll never hit them </quote> but it does hit them so calculus is all theroetical bullshit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shadow Don 12/27/19 11:41:41 AM #17:	Bad_Mojo posted... Okay, thanks, everyone Now explain calculus to me, please I made this topic thinking about the Zeno Paradox [How can you make it anywhere if you keep halving the distance] and found out that's why calculus was made, so solve that question. And they did it Could anyone shed some light on this to a big dummy like me? It's because some infinite sums of numbers can actually converge to a finite number. The series 1/2 + 1/4 +1/8 +1/16 + .... Converges to 1, which is the crux of the Zeno Paradox. It took mathematicians more than a century even after Isaac Newton and Leibniz invented calculus to truly work out some of the complexities of infinite sums. They are really tricky to use if you don't know what you are doing. For instance, if you have a series that doesn't converge absolutely and you try to rearrange the terms you can end up with totally arbitrary results like 0=1. A mathematician famously did that and thought he had a mathematical proof for the existence of god. Bad_Mojo posted... Then why isn't it just 3.14? Why all the other numbers? Like someone already said, it's an irrational number and thus has infinite digits. It would be really inconvenient to have to write out all those digits especially considering how ubiquitous it is in math, physics and engineering. That's why it's represented by the greek letter pi. It's simply the ratio of the circumference of any given circle over its diameter. --- sigless user <cite>Shadow Don posted [p:932116068] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite> <quote>Okay, thanks, everyone Now explain calculus to me, please I made this topic thinking about the Zeno Paradox [How can you make it anywhere if you keep halving the distance] and found out that's why calculus was made, so solve that question. And they did it Could anyone shed some light on this to a big dummy like me?</quote> It's because some infinite sums of numbers can actually converge to a finite number. The series 1/2 + 1/4 +1/8 +1/16 + .... Converges to 1, which is the crux of the Zeno Paradox. It took mathematicians more than a century even after Isaac Newton and Leibniz invented calculus to truly work out some of the complexities of infinite sums. They are really tricky to use if you don't know what you are doing. For instance, if you have a series that doesn't converge absolutely and you try to rearrange the terms you can end up with totally arbitrary results like 0=1. A mathematician famously did that and thought he had a mathematical proof for the existence of god. Bad_Mojo posted... </cite> <quote>Then why isn't it just 3.14? Why all the other numbers?</quote> Like someone already said, it's an irrational number and thus has infinite digits. It would be really inconvenient to have to write out all those digits especially considering how ubiquitous it is in math, physics and engineering. That's why it's represented by the greek letter pi. It's simply the ratio of the circumference of any given circle over its diameter. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PiOverlord 12/28/19 10:52:29 AM #18:	There is nothing special about pi, it's a useless number. --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 33, 500th posts: 28; PiO ATTN: 5 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE <cite>PiOverlord posted [p:932154276] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>There is nothing special about pi, it's a useless number. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
luigi13579 12/28/19 11:01:37 AM #19:	PiOverlord posted... There is nothing special about pi, it's a useless number. e is where it's at. <cite>luigi13579 posted [p:932154544] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>PiOverlord posted... </cite> <quote>There is nothing special about pi, it's a useless number.</quote>e is where it's at. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilJoe457 12/28/19 11:10:02 AM #20:	A squared plus b squared equals c squared Thanks Pythagoras. --- What about me? What about my sig? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsszagC0GdI Total Package. <cite>lilJoe457 posted [p:932154789] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>A squared plus b squared equals c squared Thanks Pythagoras. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rikiaz 12/28/19 11:48:47 AM #21:	PiOverlord posted... There is nothing special about pi, it's a useless number. Tau is really where its at. Pi really is comparatively useless. --- From the depths, the thing they called Worm King did rise. Nirn itself did scream in the Mages' and Necromancers' war. <cite>Rikiaz posted [p:932155936] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>PiOverlord posted... </cite> <quote>There is nothing special about pi, it's a useless number.</quote>Tau is really where its at. Pi really is comparatively useless. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unknown5uspect 12/28/19 12:08:22 PM #22:	Medussa posted... it has infinite digits because that particular ratio ( circumference / diameter) can't be expressed as a fraction. Not that people haven't tried (22/7) <cite>Unknown5uspect posted [p:932156558] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Medussa posted... </cite> <quote>it has infinite digits because that particular ratio ( circumference / diameter) can't be expressed as a fraction.</quote>Not that people haven't tried (22/7) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 12/28/19 12:11:02 PM #23:	Unknown5uspect posted... Not that people haven't tried (22/7) 22/7 is also an approximation. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:932156639] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Unknown5uspect posted... </cite> <quote>Not that people haven't tried (22/7)</quote>22/7 is also an approximation. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BillORileyReid 12/28/19 6:50:34 PM #25:	Pi is only infinite digits because we work in base 10 If we worked in a different base it would be a whole number. --- This is without a doubt the worst username I've ever made <cite>BillORileyReid posted [p:932170561] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Pi is only infinite digits because we work in base 10 If we worked in a different base it would be a whole number.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 12/28/19 6:51:08 PM #26:	BillORileyReid posted... Pi is only infinite digits because we work in base 10 If we worked in a different base it would be a whole number. uh, no. unless we're in base pi. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! ...found dead, in her bathtub. <cite>Medussa posted [p:932170588] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>BillORileyReid posted... </cite> <quote>Pi is only infinite digits because we work in base 10 If we worked in a different base it would be a whole number.</quote> uh, no. unless we're in base pi. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BillORileyReid 12/28/19 6:51:58 PM #27:	Medussa posted... uh, no. unless we're in base pi. I meant to say the digits wouldn't be infinite --- This is without a doubt the worst username I've ever made <cite>BillORileyReid posted [p:932170626] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote> uh, no. unless we're in base pi. </quote> I meant to say the digits wouldn't be infinite</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 12/28/19 6:53:23 PM #28:	I'm pretty sure they still are. irrational is irrational. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! ...found dead, in her bathtub. <cite>Medussa posted [p:932170670] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>I'm pretty sure they still are. irrational is irrational. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordFarquad1312 12/28/19 6:54:17 PM #29:	BillORileyReid posted... I meant to say the digits wouldn't be infinite Yes they would, unless we used base pi --- The force is my ally "If you are tired of fear from links... Let Kirby's Nightmare protect you." <cite>LordFarquad1312 posted [p:932170712] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>BillORileyReid posted... </cite> <quote>I meant to say the digits wouldn't be infinite</quote>Yes they would, unless we used base pi </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kirbymuncher 12/28/19 6:58:24 PM #30:	LordFarquad1312 posted... Yes they would, unless we used base pi this sounds like the worst number system ever --- THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF <cite>kirbymuncher posted [p:932170907] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>LordFarquad1312 posted... </cite> <quote>Yes they would, unless we used base pi</quote>this sounds like the worst number system ever </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordFarquad1312 12/28/19 7:07:04 PM #31:	kirbymuncher posted... this sounds like the worst number system ever I'd be pretty good for working with circles, spheres and anything in between. --- The force is my ally "If you are tired of fear from links... Let Kirby's Nightmare protect you." <cite>LordFarquad1312 posted [p:932171278] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>kirbymuncher posted... </cite> <quote>this sounds like the worst number system ever</quote>I'd be pretty good for working with circles, spheres and anything in between. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 12/28/19 7:26:32 PM #32:	LordFarquad1312 posted... I'd be pretty good for working with circles, spheres and anything in between. For the most part radians accomplishes any benefit we would get from base pi without actually changing any existing math. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:932171991] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>LordFarquad1312 posted... </cite> <quote>I'd be pretty good for working with circles, spheres and anything in between.</quote>For the most part radians accomplishes any benefit we would get from base pi without actually changing any existing math. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Notti 12/31/19 5:49:12 AM #33:	Nature is spheres. --- https://youtube.com/TheYoungTurks http://RightWingWatch.org/ https://youtube.com/CodyJohnston https://reddit.com/r/The_Mueller https://reddit.com/r/BreadTube <cite>Notti posted [p:932273619] in Why is Pi ... [t:78285122]...</cite> <quote>Nature is spheres.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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