What formula (of the form ax*x + bx + c = 0) do you use to find x?
If the side of the cube is 1, then it's
0 = (1 + sqrt(2)) x - 1
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DXMachina - Jun 10, 2005 10:59:14 am PDT #1141 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:01:52 am PDT #1142 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Octagon. Okay. Well, that's 8 isosceles triangles with a 45 - 67.5 -67.5 angles and a side of length x opposite the 45. Such a triangle will have a height of x/(2tan(pi/8)) and area x^2/(4tan(pi/8)), so the octagon would be of area 2(x^2)/tan(pi/8), hmm. I can't remember how to calculate tan(theta/2). Blech.
Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:32 am PDT #1143 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Humming softly, looking around, waiting for the math talk to end
Oh, don't mind us. Play through!
Nutty - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:58 am PDT #1144 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
You know what? Repetitions of "sqrt" in conversational prose may lead one to believe that squirting is a math function. Like, I did figure it out eventually, but, not at first.
Hello, all. I am in the sunny (when not stormy) southland, planning quesadillas for supper, and my Red Sox are in the sunny (I presume) Wrigley Field, having their asses handed to them. What is a girl to do? I mean, besides eat quesadillas and hope the Yankees and Orioles were similarly gifted in the ass dept.?
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:04:30 am PDT #1145 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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cool!
Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:05:31 am PDT #1146 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
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Show-off. -t, what my brain tells me when I look at your post is "Tant pis means what a pity." That's all I got.
Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2005 11:05:56 am PDT #1147 of 10001
brillig
Do I lose my geek license when I can't follow the geekery?
-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:06:06 am PDT #1148 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
a=0 b=1+sqrt(2) c=-1
(eta: What a pity indeed)
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:07:19 am PDT #1149 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do I lose my geek license when I can't follow the geekery?
No, just your math merit badge....
Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:08:19 am PDT #1150 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So not, say, one of these?
A. x^2 + 2x – 1 = 0
B. x^2 – 4x + 2 = 0
C. 3x^2 + 2x – 1 = 0
D. 7x^2 – 8x + 2 = 0