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I was wondering if you could tell me what the decimal to p means again?
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\n" ); document.write( "Every circle is p times as far around it as it is across it at the widest point.
\n" ); document.write( "p = about 3.14159.
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\n" ); document.write( "So if you measure across a circle (i.e., measure across its diameter), and then measure all the way around the circle, you will find that it is a little bit more than 3 times as far around it as it is across it. That \"little bit\" is what the decimal part of p means.
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