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PI PROJECT, Not the one you eat.

__** What is pi? **__ Pi is a nonterminating nonrepeding decimal.Pi goes on forever and ever and it never repeats.It will never stop.The symbol of pi is this.

[|learn about pi] [[image:http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/students/studentcenter/images/march/pi.gif width="68" height="71"]]
__**// What Formulas use pi? //**__
 * for a circle :C =2TTr
 * for a circle :C =TTd
 * for a circle :A =TTr²
 * for a cylinder :V =TTr²h
 * for a cone :V =1\3TTr²h

Here are some links to help you find out more. [|formulas using pi and pi song] [|other formulas for using pi] [|pi's formulas using spheres]

__** //What is the history of pi?// **__

Pi has known for about 4000 years.The ancient Babylonians thought that pi was caculated as 3.125.In the Egyptian times (near 1650 BC) they thought that pi was caculated to 3.1605. The first calculation of pi was done by Archimedes of Syracuse in 287-212 BC. He figured out that pi had to be in between 3 1/7 and 3 10/71. Mathematicians began using pi the greek letter in the 1700's.As you can see TT's history is very very good. Here are some links to help you find out more.

[|pi's history] [| more on pi's history] [|Pi, Pi, Mathematical Pi]


 * //__ What language does pi come from? __//**

PI comes from Greek. It is the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet. Check out this [|cool website] to find more this like this.


 * //__ What calculates Pi? __//**

You calculate pi by dividing the circumference by the diameter.More more information click on this link.

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