simple geometry question / decorating (see post #24)

[Rhonda]

I am such an idiot. My mind is blank. In a right triangle -- if one side is 24" and the other side is 24" -- how long is the 3rd side? aargh!

 

[AuburnJen92]

a(squared) plus b(squared) = c(squared) so you have
33.94inches is the answer dear

i only went to two significant digits, i hope that was sufficient...

 

[Shan-man]

a(squared) plus b(squared) = c(squared) so you have
33.94inches is the answer dear

i only went to two significant digits, i hope that was sufficient...

JEN! What kinda teacher are you? You're supposed to give the formula and then ask for the answer!

 

[AuburnJen92]

JEN! What kinda teacher are you? You're supposed to give the formula and then ask for the answer!

um, she asked for the answer

as my husband says, "Jen is not in teacher mode right now"

 

[Shan-man]

The third side is the root of the sum of a squared and b squared. Teach a gal to fish and she won't come tapping on your door every time there's a right triangle to solve for! LOL

 

[AuburnJen92]

The third side is the root of the sum of a squared and b squared. Teach a gal to fish and she won't come tapping on your door every time there's a right triangle to solve for! LOL

I was assuming she just forgot...

 

[stacktester]

Jen's proabaly busy lookin for some Christmas butt to kick. Don't get in her way or disagree with her. She'll go to the front desk and have you thrown out. Got it???

 

[AuburnJen92]

Jen's proabaly busy lookin for some Christmas butt to kick. Don't get in her way or disagree with her. She'll go to the front desk and have you thrown out. Got it???

Gosh Donnie, don't let all my tricks out of the bag!

 

[LONE-STAR]

a(squared) plus b(squared) = c(squared) so you have
33.94inches is the answer dear

i only went to two significant digits, i hope that was sufficient...

DW loves math and is mad because it has been to long since she used it and cant come up with your answer please show formula with details so she does not go crazy. HELP Never mind she got it.

 

[lucy_love]

this is really bad but I'm gonna say it anyway....

I am so bored right now (being home from grad school) that I am doing my little brothers online algebra homework for him and the Pythagorean Theorem was part of it (YAY YAY YAY I LOVE GEOMETRY)

I'm am not even kidding, I got a little excited when I saw quadratic equations, polynomials, and triangles

For some reason I love math, so much that I spent hours yesterday doing my brothers, I hope the online teacher doesn't find it suspicious

I guess when I go from being so stressed out and loaded up with homework for a semester to absolutely nothing I go a little crazy and need to get my homework fix one way or another

 

[Rhonda]

Thanks Jen!! I was trying to figure out the square root of 1152, and couldn't remember how to do it. Now I see the "sqrt" key on my calculator! duh.

 

[DaddyDon]

This is so sad on so many different levels.....It's Christmas!!!! Not Finals week....

Thanks Jen!! I was trying to figure out the square root of 1152, and couldn't remember how to do it. Now I see the "sqrt" key on my calculator! duh.

 

[AuburnJen92]

this is really bad but I'm gonna say it anyway....

I am so bored right now (being home from grad school) that I am doing my little brothers online algebra homework for him and the Pythagorean Theorem was part of it (YAY YAY YAY I LOVE GEOMETRY)

I'm am not even kidding, I got a little excited when I saw quadratic equations, polynomials, and triangles

For some reason I love math, so much that I spent hours yesterday doing my brothers, I hope the online teacher doesn't find it suspicious

I guess when I go from being so stressed out and loaded up with homework for a semester to absolutely nothing I go a little crazy and need to get my homework fix one way or another

You are speaking just like a true teacher, congratulations!

(It takes one to know one! )

 

[AuburnJen92]

Thanks Jen!! I was trying to figure out the square root of 1152, and couldn't remember how to do it. Now I see the "sqrt" key on my calculator! duh.

I could tell you how to figure it out without the calculator, but I am in the Christmas spirit today!

 

[Rhonda]

"without a calculator" I don't understand.

 

[Born 2 Fish]

with a calculator, I don't understand.

 

[DisneyBishops]

why in the heck would someone even need to know that answer. Just drink a few more beers and it will come to you. I might not be right but then you won't care if it is or not.

2 days till we get to the fort.

 

[Rhonda]

why in the heck would someone even need to know that answer. Just drink a few more beers and it will come to you. I might not be right but then you won't care if it is or not.

2 days till we get to the fort.

We have a corner where one wall comes out 24" and we need to fit a TV in that corner. So, if we go out 24" from both sides, I think a 32" TV will fit at an angle?

 

[RvUsa]

We have a corner where one wall comes out 24" and we need to fit a TV in that corner. So, if we go out 24" from both sides, I think a 32" TV will fit at an angle?

Ok Ok where do I start, my DSL has been down for 36 hrs and I come back to THIS???? LOL

First off, Jen, you failed to mention that your equation only works to find the hypotenuse of the right angle triangle....

So in Rhonda's case it will work assuming that the house isn't extremely old and out of square, or she is not placing the tv in a bay window, or in a corner that is something other than 90 degrees...

So, in her case 24 sq + 24 + = 1152 Now the square root of 1152 is... 33.9.

So that means you have aprox 40 inches to work with... and you are trying to place a 32" Tv there, so on first blush it would seem like it would work... but let us not forget that the measurement of a 32" Tv is on the diagonal... and does not include the speakers and tv case.

So in this case, even with all the higher math, we still can not infer that the tv will fit without further informantion.

Ok I am off to catch up with what I missed everywhere else!

 

[Tnbob]

24 gazinta 24 gazinta and the TV gazinta the corner, see it fits: