value of pi and 22/7

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 14:16 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2011-03-18, peter <peter.mosley at talk21.com> wrote:
> > The Old Testament (1 Kings 7,23) says ... "And he made a molten sea,
> > ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and
> > his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it
> > round about. ".  So pi=3.  End Of.
> There's nothing wrong with that value.  The measurements were given
> with one significant digit, so the ratio of the two measurements
> should only have one significant digit.

I've worked in landscaping and [low-scale] agriculture - pi as 3 is used
all the time.  It is easy to compute in your head and close enough.