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gamemania1986
08-15-02, 10:00 AM
In a triangle ABC, what is meant by "the altitude from A to the opposite side"?

Thank you

Asguard
08-15-02, 10:16 AM
the lenth of the line (the one with the square on the side of it) in the atached piture i think

ChristCrusher
08-15-02, 12:35 PM
lines are infinite ;)

Merlijn
08-17-02, 04:50 AM
yes Asguard, you are right.

"the altitude from A to the opposite side"? is the length of the perpendicular line from point A to the opposit site.

How do you meisure the height of the tower of Pisa? -of course with a perpendicular!

Avatar
08-17-02, 09:10 PM
from all triangles I like this best

http://www.psy.msu.ru/illusion/impossible/triangle.gif

please point out if it's not a triangle

Amphion
08-18-02, 10:14 PM
I love paintings like that. Its like being in a world where there are no physical laws. Or something like that.....

goofy headed punk
10-30-02, 10:13 PM
Quote: please point out if it's not a triangle

I don't believe it's a triangle in the Euclidean sense.

On Radioactive Waves
10-31-02, 06:19 AM
please point out if it's not a triangle



not if you count the sides.....i count 6

one_raven
04-02-03, 06:03 AM
Originally posted by Avatar
from all triangles I like this best

http://www.psy.msu.ru/illusion/impossible/triangle.gif

Me too!

This is the Tattoo on my thigh:
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/1a6bb158/bc/My+Photos/tatttwo.jpg?bcdfsi.A337a2d4m

everneo
04-02-03, 07:12 AM
optical illusion.. or three 7s of different shades found perfect harmony..