The Greek letter π, often spelled out pi in text, was adopted for the number from the Greek word for perimeter"περίμετρος", first by William Jones in 1707, and popularized by Leonhard Euler in 1737.
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In math, a value that represents a constant relationship is given a Greek letter to represent it. Examples are epsilon and sigma functions.The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle is about 3.14159 but can be calculated to an infinite number of places. This was assigned the Greek letter pi (π).
The word "Pi" derives from the letter "P" (π) out of the Greek alphabet, which's the first letter of the word "περιφέρεια" - peripheria meaning periphery, respectively "περίμετρος" - perimetros, Greek for circumference.
[pi^(1/3)]^2 * pi = pi^(2/3) * pi = pi^(5/3) The answer is the cubic root of pi to the fifth power.
(pi + pi + pi) = 3 pi = roughly 9.4248 (rounded) Well, if you use the common shortened version of pi which is 3.14 and add that 3 times, you get 9.42.
(cos(pi x) + sin(pi y) )^8 = 44 differentiate both sides with respect to x 8 ( cos(pi x) + sin (pi y ) )^7 d/dx ( cos(pi x) + sin (pi y) = 0 8 ( cos(pi x) + sin (pi y ) )^7 (-sin (pi x) pi + cos (pi y) pi dy/dx ) = 0 8 ( cos(pi x) + sin (pi y ) )^7 (pi cos(pi y) dy/dx - pi sin (pi x) ) = 0 cos(pi y) dy/dx - pi sin(pi x) = 0 cos(pi y) dy/dx = sin(pi x) dy/dx = sin (pi x) / cos(pi y)