Is this a Geometric Constant 08 20 2022

Is this a Geometric Constant 08 20 2022

And bear with me if it has been decades since High School Geometry.

 So one forms a circle with a compass.  Then you use your compass set to the same diameter and draw three connected arcs by starting at one point on the circumference.  And you connect the points and you have formed and equilateral triangle.

So what is the distance of each side of that equilateral triangle in relation to the diameter of the triangle.

Here are my numbers.

My circle is 10.25" or perhaps 10 7/32" in diameter.  And the sides of the equilateral triangle work out to be 8.75.

So you take that 8.75 and you divide it by 10 7/32" and you get .85626911314984.

Now you subtract that from 1 and you get .1437308868501 

Does that look like Pie? 3.1416?  No that doesn't look like pie.

Now perhaps we will divide 1 by .14373088868501 and get: 6.95744671969242

But lets subtract that 6.957 from 10 and see if that looks like pie.

10-6.957=3.0425532803075.

Yeah, I think that looks pretty close to pie.

:)

To out can't tell me that isn't about the size as a pie.

And there is a reason I am trying to figure to his out.  It has to do with upscaling something.

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