Posers and Puzzles
07 Mar 05
what's the msot ingenious method of finding square roots that you have come accross?
if you take a pendulum and measure the time for x swings, then half the length and measure the time for x swings, then divide the first time by the second - you have 3^(1/2) ! (that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial by the way...)
to find root 3, third the length, root 4 quater it etc...! although it only works accuratly without dampening i think...anwyay, anyone got any more random ways?...
Originally posted by geniusWow. That is amazing.
what's the msot ingenious method of finding square roots that you have come accross?
if you take a pendulum and measure the time for x swings, then half the length and measure the time for x swings, then divide the first time by the seco ...[text shortened]... ut dampening i think...anwyay, anyone got any more random ways?...
The only one I can think of is by measuring the long side of an isosceles right triangle.
Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDERThis sounds like a lot of tree climbing 🙂 🙂 🙂
Typo alert!
Do we need a pendulum (whose accuracy depends on theta)?
Drop an apple from a tree.
Drop it again from a another tree twice as big/small.
Divide one time by the other.
(Of course, wind resistance will be a factor.)