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Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:59 pm

Flat Rock Farm wrote:QR_BBPOST 29 squares???

a few more....... Hint: every size counts. As long as each of the sides have equal length, it's a square.

Post by **WLLady** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:13 pm

40 squares. And the triangle thingy from before is I, II and III.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:28 pm

Hmmm... just trying to figure out how the @#$% I got a negative number for #I .............. careless! oops.
So I guess any area for any lengths of sides of a triangle is possible as long as it's a positive number, although you'd have some pretty flat triangles! Right? No? makes sense?

LOL
OK admin I'm going to need to see a mathematical proof of that!

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:35 am

Robbie wrote:QR_BBPOST
Flat Rock Farm wrote:QR_BBPOST 29 squares???
a few more....... Hint: every size counts. As long as each of the sides have equal length, it's a square.

Umm I though I counted them all??? Have to have another look............

Post by **Killerbunny** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:08 am

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:12 am

The first part of this video explains how to do it, then it gets complicated..... Yikes!
https://curiosity.com/memes/can-you-cou ... rdecisions

Post by **Killerbunny** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:15 am

Now I see which ones I missed!

Post by **WLLady** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:24 pm

The triangle thing only gives 2 side lengths. The angle between them can be anything up to 90 degrees. 90 degrees gives you 1/2 of 48 = 24 (basically a rectangle in half is your triangle). But as the angle approaches 0 degrees the area approaches 0. 0 is an unrealistic area so any number above 0 but below 24 can be an answer because the length of the third side is not given and depends directly on the angle between the 2 known lines.

Seastar · Post by **Seastar** » Tue May 03, 2016 6:06 pm

14. 90

Post by **poultry_admin** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:37 pm

I've got a new one that stumped me.

You have two differently long fuses(needed to get fireworks going) that burn exactly 1 minute each. How can you determine 45 seconds (pretty accurately) with them? Rules: You are not allowed to fold them in halve, use a ruler or otherwise mark or cut them.