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Re: Geometry problem
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Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:56:32 GMT
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 01:10:59 GMT, "Kevin B" <kevinb01@netfocus.net>
wrote:

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.

A very similar one is in my mothers' bundle of Lewis Carroll works,
originally published before WWII...

Jasper



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  Re: Geometry problem
 
Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:376526fe.117992...net.com... (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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