09-12-2004, 07:50
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Broadcast Eng/Chief Robot Inspector
AKA: Big Al WFFA 2005
 FRC #0111 (WildStang) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Wheeling, IL
Posts: 10,785
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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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Very Cool Explanation!
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