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>The fraction 355/113 is incredibly close to pi, within a third of a millionth of the exact value. This level of accuracy is far beyond its rights as a fraction with such a small denominator, and it causes various oddities elsewhere in math.

On the other hand, from a purely practical perspective, the answer is only accurate to six digits, which is the number of digits in the fraction you must remember. So, you're not really getting much of a free lunch.




113355 seems pretty easy to remember tho




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