Difference between revisions of "Circumference"

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The distance around a circle, equal to Pi times the circle's diameter.^[1]

↑ Wile, Dr. Jay L. Exploring Creation With General Science. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000

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-The distance around a circle, equal to 3.1416 times the circle's diameter.<ref>
+The distance around a circle, equal to [[Pi]] times the circle's diameter.<ref>
-Many Christian commentators have questioned this, on Biblical grounds. In 1 Kings 7:23-26 and 2 Chronicles 4:2-5, the Bible describes how Solomon built the house of the Lord. In both passages, it says that he made a molten sea, round all about, ten cubits across and thirty cubits around. By this reasoning, it is hard to see how the secular value of pi can be maintained.
 Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.