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Pi problem (Posted on 2002-12-11) Difficulty: 5 of 5
Prove that 'pi' is irrational.

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re: a lot of people wasting time | Comment 9 of 14 |
(In reply to a lot of people wasting time by Cory Taylor)

Umm... If I interpret patterned as repeating, I believe all repeating numbers can be written as ratios.

For example .4444... = 4/9
.27272727... = 27/99 = 3/11
.345345345... = 345/999 = 115/333
.142857142857142857... = 142857/999999 = 1/7

Am I not educated enough to see a problem here?
  Posted by Gamer on 2003-04-08 11:57:26

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