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I just picked up this book Intro to foundations and fundamental concepts of math (Howard Eves/Carroll Newsom)

Practice problem: In the Rhind papyrus area pf a circle is taken as equal to that of a square on 8/9 of the circles diameter. Show that this is equivalent to taking $\pi=3.1604$

What does equal to that of a square on 8/9 mean?

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