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hotmale
June 17th, 2005, 09:22 AM
Can anyone please explain this? It's driving me crazy!

http://img297.echo.cx/img297/5898/1444bu.th.gif (http://img297.echo.cx/my.php?image=1444bu.gif)

Big Booger
June 17th, 2005, 14:18 PM
http://www.marktaw.com/blog/TheTriangleProblem.html

and interesting theory there. I think it might have to do either with the triangles not being exactly triangles * if you look hard enough at the sloping line on the top of both images, you will see one flexes down while the other flexes up, like convex and concave mirrors...

When it flexes down, the images are packed tightly, and when it flexes up, a small hole is added to the image????

hotmale
June 17th, 2005, 14:42 PM
Thanks, man. I almost ended up in an asylum if it weren't for you :p

Big Booger
June 17th, 2005, 15:34 PM
Glad to help. I remember that question from a high school math class. :D

hotmale
June 17th, 2005, 20:21 PM
I remember that question from a high school math class. :DAnd I thought my math exams were tough! :p

Stripe
June 17th, 2005, 21:25 PM
Also note that the slope of the triangles are not Identical (possibly because of the convex/concave that Boogs was talking about).

What occurs is that the slope of the bottom triangle is steeper than the top triangle by only a very little. What occurs is that over the entire slope, that "little bit" adds up to the extra space.

rik
June 18th, 2005, 01:23 AM
Phishhead could've explained this...or maybe his GF could have. The parts, although the same size, appear (or feel) to be bigger or smaller depending on where they are placed. ;)

z3n
June 18th, 2005, 02:52 AM
The parts, although the same size, appear (or feel) to be bigger or smaller depending on where they are placed. ;)

Reminds me of a girl I knew, ... dang !! .....there I go again.

No wonder I failed maths. :o