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dayfather
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I believe I have an answer to Mysterious Area
« on: Feb 21st, 2003, 6:28pm » |
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I believe I finally have an answer to the mysterious triangle area problem and I hope that I am right because it is ruining my day  - after looking long and hard I don't believe that the line is of the red and blue triangles are straight - that is they have a slightly different slope - the red triangles slope is 2.5 while the blue triangles slope is 2.6666 - very similar to the naked eye but you cant make a straight line with 2 differing slopes. I didn't figure out the exact area of both triangle but I believe them to be different because of the differences in the slope. Is this correct so that I can go on about with my life?
Brian Amadon
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Re: I believe I have an answer to Mysterious Area
« Reply #1 on: Feb 22nd, 2003, 7:24am » |
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The thread for this puzzle is here. You can check your understanding against the comments there!
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Re: I believe I have an answer to Mysterious Area
« Reply #2 on: Feb 24th, 2003, 4:48pm » |
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More to the point, if the line isn't straight, then neither of the big figures is really a triangle, and the question is lying.
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