Even though I studied under Pythagoras, I’d never heard of a scalene triangle until today. Leave to a comic strip to further one’s education.Some years ago, someone slipped the terms ‘rhomboid and rhombus’ into the geometry language. Holy trapezoid! My education was apparently inadequate.
While the scalene triangle can also be a right triangle (like the one shown), the ‘equilateral’ labeled one doesn’t appear to have three equal sides. Ambiguity and distortion should be left to editorial cartoonists.
My son was on math team in high school. After a competition they went to a pizza place to eat. They calculated that the small pizza cost less per square inch than the larger sizes did, so they ordered a bunch of smaller pizzas.
JayBluE over 10 years ago
He’s on a Mathletic scholarship, and is working towards his degrees ….
jsab0 over 10 years ago
He has an acute tendency to show others that he isn’t obtuse.
edclectic over 10 years ago
Yet it’ll all add up.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 10 years ago
Actually, triangles are his area of study….They’re all right…which kinda proves he’s half square.
infiniterealities over 10 years ago
Well, I know Triangle Man beats Particle Man…
cdward over 10 years ago
He’s looking at things from the right angle.
flyertom over 10 years ago
Even though I studied under Pythagoras, I’d never heard of a scalene triangle until today. Leave to a comic strip to further one’s education.Some years ago, someone slipped the terms ‘rhomboid and rhombus’ into the geometry language. Holy trapezoid! My education was apparently inadequate.
jreckard over 10 years ago
The application to join the math team has to be cosined.
jack fairbanks over 10 years ago
bermuda for 3, alex
cabalonrye over 10 years ago
Do you know, I think it would work in school. How to teach kids in a fun way.
Nighthawk700 over 10 years ago
If they had these when I was a college student, I probably would have gotten one.
woodwork over 10 years ago
that’s Charlie in Numb3rs
jtviper7 over 10 years ago
All my pennants say ’ Los Angeles Rams ’…
fogey over 10 years ago
While the scalene triangle can also be a right triangle (like the one shown), the ‘equilateral’ labeled one doesn’t appear to have three equal sides. Ambiguity and distortion should be left to editorial cartoonists.
BillJ-MN over 10 years ago
My son was on math team in high school. After a competition they went to a pizza place to eat. They calculated that the small pizza cost less per square inch than the larger sizes did, so they ordered a bunch of smaller pizzas.
K M over 10 years ago
Right…
susan.e.a.c over 10 years ago
Too bad you have to sine in to posit.