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[–] 24 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Are we implicitly using their units? Metric factors of pi would be quite surprising.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago*

    The unit is arbitrary. Let's say 1 unit of measurement equals the radius of the wheel. As long as they used the same wheel for all sides of the pyramid, each side will follow the formula: n * 2 * pi where 'n' is an integer (whole number). The formula could easily be written in any other unit of distance by multiplying by the conversion ratio.

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