In a memorable moment in the 1950’s quiz show “The $64,000 Question” Mrs. Edna Sluth was asked the number of seconds in a year for a chance to win $32,000. “The same number of soy beans in 2 hundred pound bags we get at Froman’s, you putz!” Unable to disprove her the host agreed.
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Innacuracy of ((365*24*3600-10^7*π)/(3600*24)/365)*100 -> 0,38%
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There are nearer 365.25 days in a year, so the error is nearer 0.45%.
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Number of seconds in 6 weeks = 10! = 3,628,800

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Happy New Year, Apsara! :)
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Using 22/7 as an estimate for pi reduces error. I don't know that I've ever thought I'd say that.
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Error of 0.38%! Woah!!!
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0.503%... remember that you have to take the duration of a actual year 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9 seconds or 31,558,149 seconds.
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10^7.5 is a much closer approximation and is only 6 minutes short of the number of seconds in a leap year.
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