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mikau

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Registered: 2005-08-22

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I'm cracking up

Ok I don't know whats happening but I could have sworn I saw this posted by ahgua last night. Having figured it out I returned to post the answer and I can't find the post for the life of me! Maybe ahgua deleted it, I don't know, but at any rate I redrew a picture of the problem so I could post the answers.

w = 70 x = 90 y = 110 z = 110

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mikau

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Registered: 2005-08-22

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Re: I'm cracking up

Well, mortals, where are my compliments? ;-)

Well maybe no one bothered to answer this because it was too easy. :-(

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mikau

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Re: I'm cracking up

"work"?

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Zach

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Re: I'm cracking up

Hey! Only I get to call people mortal around here.

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mikau

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Re: I'm cracking up

eeek! Sorry! (bows)

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ahgua

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Re: I'm cracking up

How do you solve it?

I am lousy in these kinds of things

Well, i get the same answer, but i was unable to prove that z=y

Please tell me how to prove

Last edited by ahgua (2005-08-27 14:06:29)

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mikau

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Re: I'm cracking up

Here you go:

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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: I'm cracking up

Mikau, Ahgua.....I am sorry, yesterday, when I was
trying to copy the diagram, I saw two same posts
(maybe, I thought I saw) of the diagram, to simplify,
I tried to delete one, and the entire post and got deleted.
I shall be much much more careful in the future,
and thanks for posting it before I requested you!

Nice question, brilliant reasoning.

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mikau

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Re: I'm cracking up

"Nice question,brilliant reasoning."

w00t! :-D

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mikau

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Registered: 2005-08-22

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Re: I'm cracking up

And excuse my spelling of icosceles, I'm a math freak not a spelling wizard.

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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Re: I'm cracking up

It is a really good problem and solution.

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