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Re: Yep; 12sqrt(3)

Posted by markr on 29/10/2009, 6:25 pm, in reply to "Yep; 12sqrt(3)"

Yep. I recognized immediately that the area would be 3s, but to compute s, I went through a bunch of trig. This morning in the shower, I solved it in my head when I realized that 3s = sqrt(3)/4 * s^2.

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A li'l geometry - Denis Borris 29/10/2009, 1:08 am
- Re: A li'l geometry - markr 29/10/2009, 6:28 am
  - Yep; 12sqrt(3) - Denis Borris 29/10/2009, 12:55 pm
    - Re: Yep; 12sqrt(3) - markr 29/10/2009, 6:25 pm
      - And here is an interesting thing. - NickMcG 30/10/2009, 8:01 pm
        
        I get 18 - markr 30/10/2009, 8:30 pm
        
        Whoops! I meant area 12sqrt(3) - NickMcG 30/10/2009, 8:47 pm
        
        Re: Whoops! I meant area 12sqrt(3) - markr 30/10/2009, 8:54 pm
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