Maybe round it up yo 4 just to be safe…
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StThicket@reddthat.com 2 weeks agoTo a mathematician, pi is 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993
To an engineer, pi is 3
The joke is basically the same, since you get resistors in certain values, and it’s necessary to select the value closest to the one you need
bluewing@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I mean, depending on your calculations and scale, you might go a little more precise with it. At a diameter of, say, 10m for a semicircular bridge arc, that’s a difference of 1m.
Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
No, to an engineer pi is 22/7, 355/113 if your tolerances are really tight. 3 is pi to a theologist, because that’s what the Bible uses.