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(Message started by: brainstrain on Feb 3^rd, 2013, 10:03am)

Title: Stuck "MYSTERIOUS TRIANGLE AREA"
Post by brainstrain on Feb 3^rd, 2013, 10:03am

I'm not even supposed to be here, since I came across this site while googling for something else. Unfortunately for me, I can't figure out this "easy" puzzle. It's nagging me and your search returns nothing for "MYSTERIOUS TRIANGLE AREA". So now I'm registered and several tangents away from why I turned on my PC today.

What is the solution for {uhm, I was only trying to link to the easy wuriddles site that got me here -- I can't post a link as a new member. I hope you know what riddle I am talking about} "MYSTERIOUS TRIANGLE AREA" and I'm also intrigued by "TWO CONDOMS, THREE WOMEN".

I saw something about "hide" tags, but if there is a PM feature, I guess you could use that instead.

Please just give me the fish on this one. I'll be back to better my reasoning skills some other time.
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

Title: Re: Stuck "MYSTERIOUS TRIANGLE AREA"
Post by towr on Feb 3^rd, 2013, 10:37am

(link to riddle (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/easy.shtml#mysteryTriangleArea))

Hint: [hide]check the angle (or ratio of the sides) of the triangular pieces.[/hide]

Answer: [hide]The two completed figures aren't triangles. One is a concave quadrangle the other a convex one. But the fourth angle is very close to 180 degrees, so it's hard to notice.[/hide]

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