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tomtom232

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16 Dec 10

tomtom232

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16 Dec 10

A diagonal as long as a straight line?

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16 Dec 10

Originally posted by tomtom232
A diagonal as long as a straight line?

My guess would be always

tomtom232

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17 Dec 10

Originally posted by joe shmo
My guess would be always

as in... when we're talking about a square.

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Originally posted by tomtom232
as in... when we're talking about a square.

as in, when is the diagonal of a square as long as a side of the square?

if so, I change my position to never, or, when 1=Sqrt(2)

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17 Dec 10

Originally posted by joe shmo
as in, when is the diagonal of a square as long as a side of the square?

if so, I change my position to never, or, when 1=Sqrt(2)

Try takin a walk outside the box. 😉

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17 Dec 10

Originally posted by tomtom232
Try takin a walk outside the box. 😉

I don't like your cryptic replies
😕
I usually don't do well outside the box
:'(

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Originally posted by tomtom232
Try takin a walk outside the box. 😉

Im takin your criptic message to point me toward the perimeter

Let a side length =A
perimeter P=4A
Diagonal = x

x= sqrt(2)A
4x/sqr(2) = 4A=P

so when x = sqrt(2)P/4

edit: This seems non-sensical as well, and is obviously not outside the box far enough.
🙁

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17 Dec 10

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17 Dec 10

Originally posted by tomtom232
A diagonal as long as a straight line?

When is a diagonal *not* a straight line?

As the question is posed, "always" is a very good answer.

Banana King

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17 Dec 10

so a squared plus b squared equals c squared.
well heres the obvious cheating answer...a=0 b=10 c=10
and if b=c (or a=c) then b squared= c squared. so then if b=c in this equation a squared plus b squared=c squared we can take out "b squared= c squared" because they are equal. so we are left with a squared=0. so a=0 is the only way i can think of

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung

I like this response

Swlabr

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17 Dec 10

Draw it on a sphere.

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17 Dec 10

Athousandyoung deserves a prize. 🙂