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Re: Geometry problem
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Wed, 16 Jun 1999 01:10:59 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:41:54 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
> <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
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> > I admit that this puzzles me, but then again, it's the end of the
> > working day.
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> > http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/problem.gif
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> > Fredrik
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> Hmm, haven't checked all figures, but the two triangles are not similar
> (same shape): the green triangle has a slope of 2/5, the red triangle is
> 3/8. So the two aggregate figures (which appear to be triangles, but are
> really quadrilateralts) are not the same shape/size.
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> Steve
Bingo. That is the answer to the problem. I had one similar to this in a
gometry class once. It is a sort of optical illusion. The angles are
close, but they are not the same. If you drew a line from upper right tip
to lower left tip, you would get a triangle with an area of 1 square.
Kevin B
aka Battlehammer
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| Kevin B wrote in message ... (...) Cool problem. I am actually visually able to see the fact that the "hypotenuse" of the combined area is not straight. I see the top hypotenuse as concave, and the lower as convex. It sometimes amazes me at the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geometry problem
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| (...) [Spoiler space added] Hmm, haven't checked all figures, but the two triangles are not similar (same shape): the green triangle has a slope of 2/5, the red triangle is 3/8. So the two aggregate figures (which appear to be triangles, but are (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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