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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the exact value: (pi)/12

OpenStudy (anonymous):

pi=180

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thus Pi/12 = 15

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that's if you're thinking of pi as radians, which you probably are, right? otherwise you can't find an exact value.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no, the question wants the EXACT value! start getting your CRAY supercomputers out, we got billions of digits to calculate!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0.26179938779914943653855361527329

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Edit: Should come out as a fraction.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

use pi/3-pi/4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

use pi=3.14 3.14/12=.2616

OpenStudy (anonymous):

pi is not equal to 3.14.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

using in trignometry pi =3.14 or 22/7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That's an approximation. It would be like saying that pi = 3.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sorry to say it, but you can never write down the exact value of pi in decimal notation, or as a fraction. pi is proven to be irrational, which means that pi cannot possibly be equal to the value 22/7. It's just an approximation. It's fine to say "pi is approximately 22/7". But it's definitely wrong to say "pi is equal to 22/7".

OpenStudy (anonymous):

At any rate, 22/7 has an infinite number of digits. Rounding off, 22/7 = 3.142857142857142857142857... But you also say that pi = 3.14? That should throw you some hints that you should rethink the idea that pi is equal to 3.14 and to 22/7, since they are different numbers to begin with...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I believe the formula needed is a sum and difference formula but I'm not sure.

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