Re: Gravity and pi

[Denise Wetli <dmwetli@WTCC-GW.WAKE.TEC.NC.US>]

Sorry.   I assumed g = 9.8 m/s^2

Denise Wetli

John Mallinckrodt wrote:

> Pi^2 = 32 ft/s^2?  Since when?  ;-)
>
> On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Denise Wetli wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >     Is it just a coincidence that the acceleration due to the
> > gravitational force on the surface of the earth is approximately pi
> > squared?
> >
> > Denise Wetli (Just wondering why the earth is round).
> > Wake Techn. Comm. College
> > Raleigh, NC
>
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