Calculating PI -Throwing frozen...

[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

yes, another 'useless,' but strangely interesting, thread -- check out this page:

http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Pi-by-Throwing-Frozen-Hot-Dogs

any math wizards wanna try this and see if it works?

How to Calculate Pi by Throwing Frozen Hot Dogs
Throwing a pie in someone's face is good. Throwing food at pi is better. Believe it or not, of all the countless ways to approximate the most prolific irrational number in the universe, there are none quite as interesting or as surprisingly satisfying as throwing perfectly good food around your kitchen. In fewer steps than it takes to circumscribe your house in a circle of baguettes, you, too, can easily add a slice of pi into your dinner menu tonight. The best part is...it really works!

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

interesting

 

[brock86gn 10+ year member]

yea right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[LeofromtheH 10+ year member]

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

im tempted to try it when i get home, but alas, i am lazy

 

[BassAce 10+ year member]

That method does not work. I would suggest using the Leibniz formula.

I think it's:

but multiply it by 4, this is one of the earlier ways of finding pie by using an infinite series.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

That method does not work. I would suggest using the Leibniz formula.
I think it's:

but multiply it by 4, this is one of the earlier ways of finding pie by using an infinite series.

that method does work, there's math to back it up. The tossing is simply a real world version of the math, which as physics will show you, doesnt' always match up. But in a perfect world, you'd get pi.

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

Don't we already know what Pi is? Why do we need to throw hot dogs to figure it out?

 

[chuksw9ve 10+ year member]

I always thought it wa 3.141492613...or something like that...Why do I need to know any more of it?

 

[bballrrt06 10+ year member]

http://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/lists/details/raja.html