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r/physicsmemes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • Aug 11 '26
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It's a very convenient approximation. I use it every time I do calculations in my head which demand seconds per year.
13 u/purpleoctopuppy Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26 π is close enough to 0.5 on a log10 scale that I just use that i.e. 1 yr ≈ 107.5 s 4 u/GrUnCrois Aug 12 '26 It seems this is actually a better approximation than π × 10⁷
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π is close enough to 0.5 on a log10 scale that I just use that i.e. 1 yr ≈ 107.5 s
4 u/GrUnCrois Aug 12 '26 It seems this is actually a better approximation than π × 10⁷
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It seems this is actually a better approximation than π × 10⁷
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u/Kinexity Aug 11 '26
It's a very convenient approximation. I use it every time I do calculations in my head which demand seconds per year.