I'm surprised that someone didn't ask whether the "8" and "10" were measured
in inches, feet, yards, miles, centimetres, metres, or kilometres.
By the way, although it may be implicit, the rule only applies to right
triangles.
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of pennell@cox.net
Sent: April-01-09 7:17 PM
To: John Sims; 'Ed's Shop'; healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Right triangle dimension needed
And John it always handy to remember the rule of 3,4,5. 3 squared + 4
squared = 5 squared. Helps to easily check things for square and applicable
in any unit.
Keith Pennell
---- John Sims <ahbn6@verizon.net> wrote:
> I come up with 6 also The proof is the Pythagorean Theorem where you
> take the square root of the sum of the square of the horizontal side
> plus the square of the base with the answer being the hypotenuse. One
> side being 6 - 36, one side being 8 = 64 the sum of which is 100 and
> the square root of which is 10. Thus the missing number is 6.
>
> That is the OLD math - Ed -- several thousands of years old. And,
> still holds true today. See:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> www.healey6.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Ed's Shop
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:50 PM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Right triangle dimension needed
>
> << 6
> Cheers.......Bob>>
>
> Sorry but NO, Bob !!!
>
> "Down" here 'New Math' is still taught in some of our lower level (age
> wise) schools and therefore the answer IS:
>
> 33 1/3 !!!
>
> Regards...
>
> Ed
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