Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Why I Failed Geometry


Hmmmm I got this one wrong. I just don't get it. Do you know the right answer?

2 comments:

Autumn said...

Is it truly geometry or algebra? (evil grin) I loved geometry in the day. I've seen that before...but I can't remember where??

Anonymous said...

Every time I look at that picture, I say, I DON'T have to answer it, I DON'T.

Well, I can't STAND it NO MORE!

X is 5 cm.

3-4-5, 3-4-5.

A right triangle is 3-4-5.

The equation is 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2.

The 2 sides (each squared) and added together will give you the diagonal. Unfortunately the diagonal answer is ALSO squared just like each side was. So you have to "unsquare" (get the square root of) the answer you got for the diagonal line.

Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah... (The sound gets fainter and fainter as they stuff her back in her long-armed shirt and drag her back to her padded cell.)

Mathematicians get that way you know. It's just a matter of time.

Time. Time. Time. Time-time-time. 60 seconds times 60 minutes times 24 hours equals....

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