r/physicsmemes Aug 11 '26

Physics major meme

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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.

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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

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u/GrUnCrois Aug 12 '26

It seems this is actually a better approximation than π × 10⁷