Proportionately, how much of the rectangle is colered?
Please don't grab your trig tables and calculators, just take a stab at it based on intuition
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Hint: Pythagorean theorem. I've seen this before so will not say more, except.... hint: Pythagorean theorem. Bob
half or 50%
Okay...you guys are too smart and didn't even have to work for it :what:
When this question was posed to college students, the typical response was 2/3
Until the professor draws a simple line making everyone go :doh:
(https://i.postimg.cc/jdLmB8Ym/Math-problem-answer.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
And yes...Pythagorean theorem can easily be applied here
100% is colored. Half is gray, the other half is yellow/orange. =)) =))
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on January 23, 2024, 11:53:35 AMOkay...you guys are too smart and didn't even have to work for it :what:
When this question was posed to college students, the typical response was 2/3
Until the professor draws a simple line making everyone go :doh:
(https://i.postimg.cc/jdLmB8Ym/Math-problem-answer.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
And yes...Pythagorean theorem can easily be applied here
Or slide the peak to the corner.
Quote from: Ed Vette on January 23, 2024, 12:25:05 PMOr slide the peak to the corner.
Didn't think of that...smart!
Quote from: Ed Vette on January 23, 2024, 12:25:05 PMOr slide the peak to the corner.
Ed: That's how I looked at it too. Even more obvious is if you slide the peak to the middle. Bob