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   Sylvia Else to Tom Del Rosso   
   Re: Totally OT: Colliding blocks that co   
   04 May 25 23:41:01   
   
   XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 04-May-25 11:35 pm, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   > Sylvia Else wrote:   
   >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo   
   >   
   > But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?   
   >   
   >   
   Because the right hand mass is increased by a factor of 10^2 each time.   
   If it were increased, say, by a factor of 9^2, then the digits would be   
   of Pi in base 9.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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