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Re: Here's looking at Euclid
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 1 Aug 2000 18:28:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes:
> David Eaton <deaton@intdata.com> wrote:
> > Anyway, sorry to bore the non-math types, but assuming that you mean distance
> > along the circumference, yes, you can. (But if you don't know if it's the
> > minimal or maximal distance between the points, you may get two answers-- • note
> > above I assumed minimal distance)
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> You sure about that? Let's say I have a basketball and a baseball. I use a
> bit of string to make two dots one inch apart on both of them. Are the two
> balls now the same size?
I think he means if you know *both* the distance on the circumfrence *and* the
straight line. Or maybe he just missed that. But if you know both, then yes,
you can.
-Shiri
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| (...) You sure about that? Let's say I have a basketball and a baseball. I use a bit of string to make two dots one inch apart on both of them. Are the two balls now the same size? (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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