Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The new math

10,000 × 10,000 × American pi (3.08745538) = E pluribus unum

Check your work here and also here.

3 comments:

  1. That's a lot of people. Mind you if the entire USA was as densely populated as the UK, your total would be bigger than China's by far. If you need extra help in accelerating population increase, I will be happy to offer my services free of charge.

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  2. Hello, and Merry Christmas! Thanks for checking on me... things have been crazy, some good, some not - I could only fit so many things in a day, and blogging wasn't one of them, alas. I don't know that it will improve much, but I'll try to check in now and again.

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  3. Mind you, it could have been a joke (April 1st). It's nice of YP to offer his services free of charge. I've heard a sigh of relief. Not sure if it came from GB or from the USA ;-)

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