Thanks Gud. (and the rest of you for the moral support) I didn't see any other possibility, but it seemed odd in the context of the rest of the page. I bet the large triangle really wasn't 32cm, but I didn't have the ambition to figure what the more likely dimension was. And Brendon probably won't bother to ask his teacher about it.
eta: Best bet is that it was 38cm because that would have been all even numbers and wouldn't have required a calculator. Yes, the kids would all know what a mid-segment triangle is.
Maybe I could have figured it out in 8th grade, as i didn't have algebra until then.
I do have a gift but no wrapping paper. I gotta go dig around an office to see if I can find pretty enough paper.
Also, a kid in each of my classes takes pictures with my digicam and then writes up what we did in class that day. On Monday, I was wearing this super flattering red shirt that I should wear EVERY DAY. I look thin in it. AM SHOCKED.
Full up on bulgoki and sleepy. And still scrambling to get things done for panicky people. But sleepy.
Still, OMG HATE THE ENGINEERS WHO SCHEDULED TESTING, I DO.
I had a minifretfest over everything I need to do this weekend because I put it off last weekend and oh shit I don't think there's enough gas in my car to get home tonight, can't forget that,oh and hey do you have a pencil so I can add this to my list ...at lunch today. It was amusing.
The reason we had the discomfort is because all the other answers on the page were whole numbers and could have been figured out without a calculator. It could be that the book gave one of the parameters wrong, because we have seen that before.
I have one non-existent word for you:
Kprinkle.
Have I mentioned lately that I hate winter? Because I do.
I'm sitting with Dana with a hate of winter.
Do either of you guys actually have winter?
Good thing you guys live in warm places.
KPRINKLE!!! That will make me laugh forever.
In the winter hating corner too.
Yet I live in a wintry climate. Where's the logic in that?
psst: Sue, move to NYC, less wintery.
do not hate winter, love allmy seasons (until they drag on and on and then I start to hate them).
KPRINKLE is my hat.