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Re: How can this be!?!
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Originally Posted by ahecht
The slope of the red and green triangles are not the same (2/5 != 3/8). Therefore the top composite triangle's hypotenuse is actually slightly concave, while the bottom composite triangle's hypotenuse is slightly convex, which means that the bottom composite triangle has a larger area (hence the gap).
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Excellent...
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Mike Betts
Alumnus, Team 3518, Panthrobots, 2011
Alumnus, Team 177, Bobcat Robotics, 1995 - 2010
LRI, Connecticut Regional, 2007-2010
LRI, WPI Regional, 2009 - 2010
RI, South Florida Regional, 2012 - 2013
As easy as 355/113...
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