value of pi and 22/7

[Pete Forman]

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> writes:

> On Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 3:16:41 AM UTC+13, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>> On 2011-03-18, peter wrote:
>>
>>> The Old Testament (1 Kings 7,23) says ... "And he made a molten sea,
>>> ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and
>>> his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it
>>> round about. ".  So pi=3.  End Of.
>>
>> There's nothing wrong with that value.  The measurements were given
>> with one significant digit, so the ratio of the two measurements
>> should only have one significant digit.
>
> I’m not sure how you can write “30” with one digit...

>>> int('U', 36)
30

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Pete Forman