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Originally posted by RJT Well great, now I feel like a fucking idiot. Thanks guys.

Well, it was a trick question

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Originally posted by RJT Ok. Thanks.

no problem, these are the kind of threads where it helps to still be in high school

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Originally posted by bas Also a right triangle would have to denote that one of the angles is right. That's not in the picture

The sign for a right angle is a box btw. Like in Mason's picture, but just because he drew one doesn't mean it's actually right angle

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Originally posted by eRRaTiK no it doesn't. it would imply that it's not a right angle. pythagoras' theorem would fail in this instance.

How does the theory fail?

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Originally posted by Theresa How does the theory fail?

yeh it doesn't. just realised when i posted it LOL

so wouldn't that imply that RJT is also correct?

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Originally posted by RJT I fail to see how this is not a right triangle then. If all sides are 19, wouldn't that imply a right angle? I don't see how it can work any other way.

if a triangle has a total of 180 degrees, and all sides are equal, why WOULD it be a right triangle? all the angles are 60degrees.

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Originally posted by Theresa How does the theory fail?

it only works on a right angle triangle

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Originally posted by bas The sign for a right angle is a box btw. Like in Mason's picture, but just because he drew one doesn't mean it's actually right angle

yeah huhhh, is tooo

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Originally posted by eRRaTiK alright you maths lovers try this... Each child in a family has at least 3 brothers and 2 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?

spit out the answer fool.

This thread has made me profoundly disappointed in myself.

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Originally posted by Theresa How does the theory fail?

His theory says that the hypotenuse has to be the longest side. In this case all sides are the same length. That's noted by the tic marks on each side. If the two adjacent sides had one tic mark and the hypotenuse had two tic marks, you could infer that it was a right angle.

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Originally posted by chris harrington it only works on a right angle triangle

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Originally posted by RandomGirl WRONG Pythagorean theory only applies to RIGHT triangles.

Thanks

I was asking why Erratik thought it would fail, but he edited his post because he realized it didn't.