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I HENCEFORTH DECLARE THAT PI DAY SHALL BE CELEBRATED WITH TWO PIES INSTEAD OF ONE!

 

If you usually do multiple pies anyway, then multiply that by two.

It's not wrong, it's just that extra pi is always a good thing.

tl;dr

Well, not all of it anyway.

Srsly though. Now I really want pie.

Takuma Nuva

That would make the circular area more difficult, since it would be (tau/2) * r^2. And I prefer pi when thinking of one half of sin or cos equations, but maybe that's just a personal preference. Also, Tau doesn't sound like a type of desert food in english, so there.

 

I HENCEFORTH DECLARE THAT PI DAY SHALL BE CELEBRATED WITH TWO PIES INSTEAD OF ONE!

 

If you usually do multiple pies anyway, then multiply that by two.

 

Wait until Tau Day (6/28), then you can have twice the pi(e)! 8D

 

It's not wrong, it's just that extra pi is always a good thing.

 

True; the number, π, is perfectly well-defined, but is not as significant as τ is.

 

tl;dr

 

Well, not all of it anyway.

 

Srsly though. Now I really want pie.

 

Takuma Nuva

 

 

I suggest blueberry.

 

That would make the circular area more difficult, since it would be (tau/2) * r^2. And I prefer pi when thinking of one half of sin or cos equations, but maybe that's just a personal preference. Also, Tau doesn't sound like a type of desert food in english, so there.

 

 

This doesn't really make the circular area formula too difficult (I think most people can divide things by two), but it actually sheds light as to where the circular area formula actually comes from. Take, for instance, the area of a section of a circle subtended by an angle, θ

 

 

The shaded area is given by the formula

 

 

This is where τ comes in; the area of a circle is just the simple substitution θ = τ. By getting rid of that factor of 1/2, you lose information about where the area formula comes from.