monktonhallgc1882
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An isosceles triangle has two sides of 8cm and one side of 11cm. Is the triangle right angled?
Maths question anyone?
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Duckster
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Nope.
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A quick go in my head would say no
fundy
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Depends how accurate we are being I think? 2 x 8cm sides would give a hypotenuse of approx 11.3cm (sq root of 8 squared plus 8 squared)
harpo_72
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No ... Two angles have to be the same and the total has to equal 180 degrees, that would require the two angles to equal 45 degrees and they don't. The cosine of the angle to be 45 degrees has to be 0.707.... But it's not.
louise_a
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if it was a right angled triangle then the square on the hypotenuse (the longest side) would equal the sum of the squares on the other 2 sides, 11 squared is 121, 8 squared is 64 and 2 64s are 128 which is not 121.
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SocketRocket
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As someone said its not quite a right angled triangle. in a right angled triangle the hypotenuse would be in the order of 11.31 if the other two sides were 8.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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reminds me of the old joke
The Planes Indians practiced polygamy, and one chief had three squaws.
The first squaw lived in a teepee of elk hide, the second in a teepee
made of buffalo hide, and the youngest in a teepee of hippopotamus hide.
Then he slept with each wife on the eve of his great hunting trip.
He was gone nine moons and when he returned, he went into the elk hide
teepee and found that his wife had borne him a son. Likewise, in the
buffalo hide teepee, that squaw, too, had borne him a son. So, imagine
his surprise when he found twin baby boys in the hippopotamus hide
teepee.
This just proves that …
The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
[with apologies to Native North Americans - who will remind us that squaw is a highly derogatory term]
The Planes Indians practiced polygamy, and one chief had three squaws.
The first squaw lived in a teepee of elk hide, the second in a teepee
made of buffalo hide, and the youngest in a teepee of hippopotamus hide.
Then he slept with each wife on the eve of his great hunting trip.
He was gone nine moons and when he returned, he went into the elk hide
teepee and found that his wife had borne him a son. Likewise, in the
buffalo hide teepee, that squaw, too, had borne him a son. So, imagine
his surprise when he found twin baby boys in the hippopotamus hide
teepee.
This just proves that …
The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
[with apologies to Native North Americans - who will remind us that squaw is a highly derogatory term]
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srixon 1
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thats got to be the most forced joke I've ever heard
and the worse
SwingsitlikeHogan
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It's an absolutely ancient joke - don't tell me you've never heard it!!
SocketRocket
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Reminds me of the one:
American Indian boy says to his Father "Why do we have such stupid names"
Father "Whats stupid about them son"
Boy "We are called things like 'Running Deer' 'Flying Eagle' and 'Sitting Bull'. White Boys have cool names like Colin, Hank and Billy"
Father "When we name our newborn child at birth the Father takes the baby outside and looks for a sign in nature and names the Child after it" "Anyhow! What has made you start thinking like this 'Two Dogs A-Humping"
SocketRocket
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thats an old one.....and a cleaner version
Original carries an infraction :smirk:
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