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Pointless note: Another way to solve that triangle is to flip the left-most leg of it counterclockwise until it's exactly parallel with the rectangle. It is the
by Mithrandir 15y ago
Pointless note: Another way to solve that triangle is to flip the left-most leg of it counterclockwise until it's exactly parallel with the rectangle. It is then plain to see it's half of the rectangle.
- barrkel 15y agoDo you mean rotate the triangle counter-clockwise? The leftmost leg of the triangle is longer than the left edge of the rectangle, so I don't think it will be as plain as you suggest. You'll end up with something like this: +--------------------+ | / +---------------/--------+ | / | | / | | / | | / | |/ | +------------------------+
- Mithrandir 15y agoIf I was being tested on process, I'd have gotten a 0. Thank you.
- wging 15y agoFor what it's worth, here's Lockhart's actual article (warning: pdf) http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf .