charisloke
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In the second triangle, where does the extra square come from?
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In the second triangle, where does the extra square come from?
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Pimpcess.Snaz
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umm.. well i'm not some sort of mathematician or anything so i'm just kinda of guessing..
Does it have to do with the two vertices .. they have different angles.. so you'd kinda get an extra square.. lol i dunno how to explain.. but does it have something to do with the two vertices having different angles?
Does it have to do with the two vertices .. they have different angles.. so you'd kinda get an extra square.. lol i dunno how to explain.. but does it have something to do with the two vertices having different angles?
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charisloke said:
In the second triangle, where does the extra square come from?
The first diagram, the hypotenuse is not a straight line, it's a bit of a curve. The curve area therefore compensates the missing square in the second diagram.
