The offered choices reduce to 3 1/7 or to 3. The best approximations of those given are the ones that reduce to 3 1/7.
A: 66/21 = 22/7 = 3 1/7
B: 60/20 = 3
C: 21/7 = 3
D: 45/15 = 3
E: 22/7 = 3 1/7
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<em>Comment on pi approximations</em>
The ratio 22/7 differs from π by about 0.04%. A better approximation is 355/113, which differs from π by about 0.000008%. The approximation 3.14 differs from π by about 0.05%.
