Geometry From Hell
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You’re locked in a room with nothing but a pencil, a math compass, and paper. You do not have a straightedge. Your captors have informed you that you cannot leave until you construct (the endpoints of) a line segment of length $sqrt{7}$.
What do you do?
mathematics geometry construction
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You’re locked in a room with nothing but a pencil, a math compass, and paper. You do not have a straightedge. Your captors have informed you that you cannot leave until you construct (the endpoints of) a line segment of length $sqrt{7}$.
What do you do?
mathematics geometry construction
edited 1 min ago
Hugh
2,26811127
asked 18 mins ago
Dirge of DreamsDirge of Dreams
38517
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You’re locked in a room with nothing but a pencil, a math compass, and paper. You do not have a straightedge. Your captors have informed you that you cannot leave until you construct (the endpoints of) a line segment of length $sqrt{7}$.
What do you do?
mathematics geometry construction
edited 1 min ago
Hugh
2,26811127
asked 18 mins ago
Dirge of DreamsDirge of Dreams
38517
$endgroup$
You’re locked in a room with nothing but a pencil, a math compass, and paper. You do not have a straightedge. Your captors have informed you that you cannot leave until you construct (the endpoints of) a line segment of length $sqrt{7}$.
What do you do?
mathematics geometry construction
mathematics geometry construction
edited 1 min ago
Hugh
2,26811127
asked 18 mins ago
Dirge of DreamsDirge of Dreams
38517
edited 1 min ago
Hugh
2,26811127
asked 18 mins ago
Dirge of DreamsDirge of Dreams
38517
edited 1 min ago
Hugh
2,26811127
edited 1 min ago
Hugh
2,26811127
edited 1 min ago
Hugh
2,26811127
2,26811127
asked 18 mins ago
Dirge of DreamsDirge of Dreams
38517
asked 18 mins ago
Dirge of DreamsDirge of Dreams
38517
asked 18 mins ago
Dirge of DreamsDirge of Dreams
38517
38517
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add a comment |
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