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What is the mathematical constant pi?
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Who is credited with popularizing the use of the symbol for pi?
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How many decimal places has pi been calculated to?
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What is the value of pi approximated to by using the fraction 22/7?
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Which US state attempted to legislate a value of pi in 1897?
Answers:
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Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, represented by the symbol π.
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The Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler is credited with popularizing the use of the symbol for pi.
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Pi has been calculated to over 31 trillion decimal places, but most calculations are done to far fewer decimal places.
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The value of pi approximated using the fraction 22/7 is 3.142857, which is close to but not exactly equal to the true value of pi.