Archimedes Pi

Archimedes Pi

Archimedes estimated the value of pi with a polygon in a circle in a polygon. He made the diameter of the circle to 1, so the circumference was pi. With the circle's diameter, he found the perimeters of the polygons. Therefore, the value of pi (the circle's circumference) is in between them.

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