No marks, but internet "fame". It's a fair exchange.
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3-4-5 Triangle...I would have given him (or her) points for creativity and entertainment value alone. Hopefully he won't be designing bridges either.
Mahler's post count...couldn't find that x for a while earlier this year.
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For the geometrically challenged, it is called the Pythagorean Theorem.
a(squared) + b(squared) = c(squared) where a & b are the legs of a right triangle and c is the hypotenuse. Using the forumula you can find the length of a,b or c when the lengths of the other two are known. Since the 3,4,5 are whole numbers the combination is a classic teaching example.
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For the geometrically challenged, it is called the Pythagorean Theorem.
a(squared) + b(squared) = c(squared) where a & b are the legs of a right triangle and c is the hypotenuse. Using the forumula you can find the length of a,b or c when the lengths of the other two are known. Since the 3,4,5 are whole numbers the combination is a classic teaching example.
Thats just the tip of the iceberg. The theorem is much more powerful in applied work.
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The Pythagorean theorem is for pussies. The Law of Cosines is the real meat and potatoes. (the pythagorean theorem is a special case of the law of cosines, where theta=90 degrees)
I have to wonder why the test creator wrote "find x" when it would have been more accurate to say, "calculate x." The test-taker actually did follow the directions.
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Great moments in teaching math....
That's what you get for not doing Math since high school.
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