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The Babylonians and the Egyptians.
What two ancient civilisations tried to calculate values for pi?
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16πcm^2
A circle has a radius of 4cm. What is the circle's area?
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Archimedes
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25πcm^2.
If a circle has a circumference of 10πcm. What is the circle's area?
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William Jones chose the symbol, Euler made it popular. (So they both count.)
Who decided what the pi symbol would be?
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3.125 (or 3 and 1/8)
The Ancient Babylonians got really close to the actual value of pi. What was the most accurate value that they calculated?
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