College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 14P
Express each of the following approximations of π to six significant figures: (a) 22/7, (b) 355/113. (c) Are these approximations accurate to that precision?
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