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Old 03-06-2007, 07:11 PM
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Nothing is safe while the legislature is in session. In 1897, the state of Indiana almost enacted legislation which stated “… the ratio of the diameter and circumference is as five-fourths to four …”, which would have set π = 4/1.25 = 3.2.
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