Let us say there were only ever 2 models of tr made: the TR2 and the TR3
Joe and Bob both have two TRs
Joe says, "my first car was a TR3"
Bob says, "one of my cars is a TR3"
Which is more likely to have two TR3s ?
Andrew
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
> Actually, Andrew had it right, too.
>
> You wrote: c +3 = (pi * d) +3
>
> He wrote circumference + 3 = pi * d + 3
>
> These are equivalent but yours is explicit whereas his is implicit and
> dependent on the rules of precedence. When evaluating his equation you
>perform
> the
> multiplication before the addition which is the same as what you spelled out
> with your parentheses. To avoid confusion your representation is preferred
>but
> either is correct.
>
> And his answer 3/pi is nearly equal to your one foot result. More accurate,
> in fact, but either is close enough for our purposes.
>
> Dave
>
> In a message dated 11/20/2007 10:50:34 AM Central Standard Time,
> cfmtr3a@verizon.net writes:
> > Andrew -
> > your formula is wrong:
> > c= circumference
> >
> > c= pi * d is correct
> >
> > c +3 = (pi * d) +3
> >
> > however your answer is correct - the diameter would increase by
> > approximately 1 ft.
> > your formula would have increased the diameter by 3ft.
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Uprichard"
> > To: ; "'Kent Shrack'"
> > ;
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TR] length of string - long
> >
> >
> > >The distance is 3/(2*pi) in both cases.
> > >
> > >circumference = pi * d
> > >
> > >circumference + 3 = pi * d + 3
> > > = pi * (d + 3/pi)
> > >
> > >The diameter increases by 3/pi regardless of the starting diameter.
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