At 01:14 PM 2/11/00 -0600, Kyle Evans wrote:
>
>> I have a circle with a area of 5 square inches drawn on my pad. 5 inches
>is
>> precise.
>
>You do?? How did you do that? Did you set your compass so that the points
>were exactly sqrt (5/pi) inches apart?
>
>What you probably have really is a circle that approximates 5 sq inches
>enough to suit YOU.
>
>Kyle Evans.
>
I just drew a circle. Then wrote inside the circle: "The area is precisely
5 square inches".
Dan
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