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Old 11-25-2004, 11:13 AM  
faisalp
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Quote:
Originally posted by European Lee
Here you go...

http://www.nmt.edu/~armiller/triangles.htm

As i said, it has nothing to do with the slopes more the hypotenuse of the two triangles being used

Regards,

Lee
from the link you posted:

This edge bends downward, so the area of the figure is 32. For the lower figure, the slanting upper edge is also made up of two lines that meet where they touch area C. This edge bends upward so the area of the figure is 33. The difference accounts for the hole.
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