Hil, I'm so glad to hear your take on those math problems. Of the Chinese one, Part ii was the only part I could understand.
Weird decor of the day
If that were cheap I might be tempted.
Based on the crowd on the train home I'm guessing... Detroit beat the White Sox?
I wish I had popcorn.
That would be good right now.
I'm not sure if it's a translation issue or what. Parts i and iii both ask about finding the angle between two lines that, as far as I can tell, don't intersect.
That's my reading too. Maybe they missed a subscript in the first question? Though I think they still wouldn't intersect.
What does "foot of perpendicular" mean?
What does "foot of perpendicular" mean?
It's a common substitute for eye of newt, when the latter is unavailable.
billytea, I think I just missed you when I posted this before.
billytea, I think I just missed you when I posted this before.
Aww. The poster mocks their pain! It's like an ad for Animal Planet I once saw: "Starfish have no brains. And they don't even know it."