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Pi with pies

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Numberphile did something crazy - attempted to calculate Pi using real Pies. Watch and see how close they got to the real figure of 3.14159265359... Visit Numberphile

In the video a circle is drawn with chalk - if the pies (each with a 10.5cm diameter) had been placed on the centre circle of a full-sized soccer pitch, how many pies would have been needed to cover the circle and its diameter?

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