Apparently I lied earlier. More likely my math was off. Rhode Island, perhaps? On 4/29/2012 11:22 AM, George Hart wrote:

David,

Can you double check that? I get 1/(355/113-Pi) inches as roughly a 59 mile diameter, which gives a circle of area 2749 square miles, while CT has area 5543 square miles.

George http://georgehart.com/

On 4/29/2012 10:34 AM, David Wilson wrote:

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If you computed the circumference of a circle using 355/113 for pi, and were 1 inch off from the true circumference, the circle would enclose the state of Connecticut.

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