Friday, May 20, 2011

Wrong Turn

I took right angle instead of the hypotenuse of a triangle today. If the hypotenuse was 15.2 mile, how far did I actually go?

Ray

2 comments:

  1. That depends on the ratio of the two sides you did take. If the two sides were equal distance, that means you went the furthest out of your way at 21.5 miles (6.3 miles extra). If the long side was twice the length of the short side, you went 20.4 miles (5.2 miles extra). If the long side was three time the length of the short side, you went 19.2 miles (4 miles extra). I could go on, but I won't.

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  2. You took a hard right and went around the triangle to dodge a HYPOTENUSE? WHERE are you exactly? Buffalo I might have expected, but certainly NOT a hypotenuse!

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