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An Irrational Demand (Posted on 2018-07-17)

This delicious and open-ended problem appeared in Gary Antonick's short-lived NYT's column Numberplay.

At a restaurant, the check for your meal comes as: "Pi dollars due. Exact payment required." What do you do?

See The Solution Submitted by Steven Lord

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Well, you could ...

| Comment 5 of 8 |

Place 3 $1 bills orienting them on the table to form a capital Greek letter π.

An added bonus is that 3 is floor(π) and the nearest integer to π.

Posted by Larry on 2018-07-17 22:57:56

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