document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74160>Question 74160</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have a poster project due in the next 48 hours all of it is on the term \"pi\" I can't really think of any examples of pi. I have to have 7 of them can you help? Also I have to have at least 4 example problems. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #53318 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=53318\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here are some applications from people.bath.ac.uk/ma3mju/uses.html    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "* Pi can be used to calculate the area and perimeter of a circle, or any other shape involving circles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    * Pi is used in hundreds of scienific calculations, some of which include;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         1. Describing DNA<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         2. A rainbow<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         3. Ripples from rain drops<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         4. Einstein's Gravitational Feild Equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         5. Waves<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    * Testing the accuracy of super computers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    * Cryptography - the science of coding<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    * Generation of a Random Number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    *Pi appears in one of the most fascinating formulae in history; Euler's famous equation 'eip + 1 = 0', which connects constants e, i (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) and pi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    *Checking for accuracy - as there are now millions upon millions of known decimal places of pi, by asking a super computer to compute this many figures its accuracy can be tested<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    *Calculating field strength - it is included in Einstein's Gravitational Field Equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    *Calculation of time period, T, in Simple Harmonic Motion - 'T = 2p <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28m%2Fk%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28m%2Fk%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >' (used to find harmonic frequency of an object-physics application)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    *Determining the distribution of primes - the probability that two randomly selected integers are relatively prime (ie have no common factors) is 6 /<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=pi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"pi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is just some of the many applications of pi. You can google more if you like so you can find equations and problems that are solved by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=pi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"pi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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