Funny math
Anyone care to explain the two right triangles, one with the hole, problem to me? Not even a cup of coffee has helped me figure out what went wrong here. All of the shapes appear to be equivalent in triangle one and non-triangle two, but non triangle two obviously is one square unit smaller in area, but of course that’s impossible. AARGH!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
About the triangles: simply note that the second triangle is not a triangle at all. Can you see the little max edge (hypotenuse) curvature? It’s not a straight line.
If you remember the straight line equation you can check it by yourself.
August 27th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Neither one is a true triangle. Line AB is slightly concave and DE is slightly convex. This seemingly miniscule difference is enough to make up the area of that little square.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:27 am
Thanks justgonnastay for clarifying my explanation!