12 Jul 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungA = (p x a)/2
You might want to alert the first post currently there. It still has your e-mail.
The area of a hexagon can be determined by breaking it up into six triangles, all with a common vertice in the center somewhere. I don't know if this would work for a non symmetrical hexagon though.
A = area
p = perimeter
a = apothem
This only works for regular (symmetrical) polygons, though.
12 Jul 07
Originally posted by geniusi wrote to doctor math once stating that the number 1 was the only true number and that all other "numbers" (other than 0) were just fake numbers expressing only how many more than 1 of something that you had.
i once asked dr maths a question and they didn't get back to me! it took me aaaaages to work out the answer, and it was only afterwards i remembered that it didn't really matter...
A bunch of their PHD types couldn't grasp the concept and when I extrapolated that the Theory of Everything equation explaining the nature of the Universe will come out to either or 1 or not 1 when the scientists finally figure it out what the equation looks like, they cut off.