• Question: if you guess the number im thinking i will give you my house and 30000000 pounds its between 3 and 5 and has 9 decimal places xxxxxxx good luck

    Asked by mrspolly to Davie, Gemma, James P, James V, Nuala on 25 Jun 2012.
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      James Verdon answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      Hi mrspolly,
      Is it pi? 3.141592653? If you stay in science, you’ll find that pi appears in all sorts of equations and calculations where you wouldn’t necessarily expect it…..

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      James Pope answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      Hi mrspolly

      4.145894325

      😉

      I’m reading a book at the moment on Game Theory and one of their examples is how you would guess a number between 1 and 100, if the person who chooses the number can only give you a higher or lower answer and how you can actually win at it in 4 guesses.

      It’s a really interesting application of maths and psychology!

      Don’t think I’ll have won this one though!

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      Nuala Carson answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      its definitely 4.999999999

      Ill be having your house and £30million please, i accept checks

    • Photo: Gemma Purser

      Gemma Purser answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      3.333333333? 🙂

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