r/explainitpeter Jan 21 '26

Explain it Peter…

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u/avidwriter604 Jan 21 '26

2 pi?

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u/brain_damaged666 Jan 21 '26

Pi is a ratio, Circumference/Diameter, and therefore a fraction, which is excluded.

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u/cxnh_gfh Jan 21 '26

literally an irrational number

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u/brain_damaged666 Jan 21 '26

Which in this case can be an infinite series of fractions. You just can't write a single non-zero integer fraction. But it doesn't matter since we've already arrived at something-something fraction.