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suck it, math nerds (mander.xyz)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm confused, how is pi used as a unit? My understanding is that it's a number

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    1 is also a number, a number we chose by convention to be a base unit for all numbers. You can break down every number down to this unit.

    20 is 20 1s. 1.5 is 1 and a half 1.

    If we have Pi as a unit, circumference of a circle would be radius*2 of Pi units. But everything that doesn't involve Pi would be a fraction of Pi, e.g. a normal 1 is roughly 1/3 of Pi units, 314 is roughly 100 Pi units, etc. etc.

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