Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoKid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshitlemmy.worldimagemessage-square253fedilinkarrow-up1813arrow-down128
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minus-squarePlesiohedron@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·3 days agoTeacher : draw a triangle with sides of length 1 inch, 2 inches and 3 inches Kid : but you can’t do that. You get a 3 inch line. Other students proceed to draw skinny triangles. Teacher : you’re wrong Kid. Everybody else can do it, what’s your problem? True story.
minus-squareSippyCup@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoYou can’t draw a right triangle with those lengths, but you can draw A triangle with those sides.
minus-squarederfunkatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoHow? Doesn’t this run afoul of the inequality theorem?
minus-squareSippyCup@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThe way it works is I’m actually a moron and am wrong.
minus-squarederfunkatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoHa, fair. I was concerned you were about to drop some non-Euclidean Cthulhu deep-magic on us.
minus-squaregoldfndr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYou’re asserting that three colinear line segments, with angles only of 0° and 180°, form a triangle?
minus-squareSippyCup@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI made a goof. I am factually wrong. I pray we all forget this quickly and for whatever being can grant it to grant mercy upon my mortal self.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoBut could he draw red sides with blue ink?
Teacher : draw a triangle with sides of length 1 inch, 2 inches and 3 inches
Kid : but you can’t do that. You get a 3 inch line. Other students proceed to draw skinny triangles.
Teacher : you’re wrong Kid. Everybody else can do it, what’s your problem?
True story.
You can’t draw a right triangle with those lengths, but you can draw A triangle with those sides.
How? Doesn’t this run afoul of the inequality theorem?
The way it works is I’m actually a moron and am wrong.
Ha, fair. I was concerned you were about to drop some non-Euclidean Cthulhu deep-magic on us.
You’re asserting that three colinear line segments, with angles only of 0° and 180°, form a triangle?
I made a goof. I am factually wrong. I pray we all forget this quickly and for whatever being can grant it to grant mercy upon my mortal self.
But could he draw red sides with blue ink?