Pythagoras
A right isosceles triangle:
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Here a = 5, b = 5, and so c = 5...not 5 sqrt(2). Yet this is perfectly ordinary Euclidean plane geometry, just that some points are missing...er, actually, almost all of them.
Sorry, Pythagoras, not even smart guys are right every time.
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Here a = 5, b = 5, and so c = 5...not 5 sqrt(2). Yet this is perfectly ordinary Euclidean plane geometry, just that some points are missing...er, actually, almost all of them.
Sorry, Pythagoras, not even smart guys are right every time.
If a^2 + b^2 = c^2
ReplyDeletea = 5
b = 5
Then, c^2 = 50
c = 7.071
Nick, wabulon Is joking
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