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catbyte

(34,455 posts) Sat Dec 3, 2022, 04:37 PM Dec 2022

The Area of a Circle, Explained with Pizza

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The Area of a Circle, Explained with Pizza (Original Post) catbyte Dec 2022 OP

I am by no means adept at mathematics - werdna Dec 2022 #1

so then pie are squared if cut into enough pieces? rurallib Dec 2022 #2

Old joke: cbabe Dec 2022 #3

werdna

(496 posts)

1. I am by no means adept at mathematics -

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Sat Dec 3, 2022, 05:51 PM

Dec 2022

- however, it seems to me a simple method would be to place a string around the circumference, snip it at the overlap, reconfigure the string into a square or rectangular shape and proceed as usual ? Yes? No?

rurallib

(62,451 posts)

2. so then pie are squared if cut into enough pieces?

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Sat Dec 3, 2022, 06:35 PM

Dec 2022

cbabe

(3,551 posts)

3. Old joke:

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Dec 3, 2022, 09:49 PM

Dec 2022

Kid comes home from college. Dad asked him what he learned.

Kid says: pi r squared.

Dad shoots back: any fool knows pie are round.

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