You can have $1/4 coin (i.e. quarter) or $5 bill. Why not circulate $π bills?
2007-09-17 06:25:38 · 7 answers · asked by Alexander 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Have you ever waited in line while a checker at a store counted out change? Can you imagine what that would be like trying to count our change for a $π bill, especially if your item cost $e
2007-09-17 06:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by chasrmck 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe that's not a bad idea!
Many people are irrational about money,
so they will spend less money elsewhere while waiting for the clerk
to give EXACT CHANGE from their Two sqrt(3) dollar bills
to buy an "Idiots" book priced at Pi dollars.
Then again, they might just move to Indiana, instead.
(That's the state where a bill changing Pi to three once passed unanimously in the state House of Representatives. See note [*])
Instead of changing denominations to be irrational,
why not just make them imaginary?
(Perhaps that would that be too complex for you. :^)
2007-09-17 06:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by bam 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a bill were worth Ï dollars, it would take an infinite amount of time to calculate the change from a $e purchase âº
Doug
2007-09-17 06:30:35 · answer #3 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Coins and bills are made so that they easy the calculation not to get them more difficult.
Ana
2007-09-17 09:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by MathTutor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you answer the question "exactly how many $pi bills make up $10"
then you can tell the governor of the central bank to go and print them
2007-09-17 06:41:33 · answer #5 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no solution to pi......... Unless you round it.
It would screw up bank calculations using:
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679
82148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128
48111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196
44288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091
45648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273
72458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436
78925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094
33057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548
07446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912
98336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798
60943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132
00056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872
14684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235
42019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960
51870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859
50244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881
71010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303
59825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778
18577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989
:-)
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2007-09-17 06:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by muddypuppyuk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it make it easier for people like me with only a 3rd grade edumacations
2007-09-17 06:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋