You're absolutely right Clint. You are infallible and without a doubt the most intelligent person on the face of the earth. Your sources are the only ones that can possibly be correct because you insist that they are - and you of course can not make mistakes.
Do you love proving your Ranger boys wrong too? In a message dated Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:56:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, "clint grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think the key to this folly is the statement you made: "according to several >websites". Which, among several tens of thousands on any given subject, one should >have no problem finding a few (or several) which contain less than accurate >historical information. The case still remains that there are the two distinct >methods of finding the solution to the problem, which was and still is the original >point of contention brought up by you, and which seems to have fallen to the wayside >in your most recent discourse, quite understandably. (You simply had no other leg to >stand upon.) This was , and still is, where you are mistaken. The two methods are not >the same. For instance, take a right triangle withtwo legs of 7" and 20" and x" as >the hypotenuse. The 3-4-5 method willnot be applicable in this case, but the >pythagorean theorem will. 7x7=49 20x20=400. 49+400=449 square root of >449=21.18962" - the hypotenuse. The most widely accepted view is that Pythagoras is >credited with the theorem which is named after him. In fact, this is the first timeI >have actually heard of anyone attempting to contest that. My source, for the sake of >time and convenience, shall be : Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Under the >definition of the word: Pythagorean theorem (pi THag e REE en) Geom. the theorem of >Pythagoras that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle is equal to >the square of the hypotenuse. What seems to have occured here, both in your >supposition and in your subsequent website research, is a confusion of the >Pythagorean theorem and the 3-4-5 method. While the Pythagorean theorem will apply in >the 3-4-5 case, as it will in any right triangle, the 3-4-5 method depends upon >triangles with multiples thereof, providing further proof both of the distinctiveness >of the two methods and the falseness of your original claim that they are the same. >BTW, the most widely accepted view by historians is that the egyptians developed the >3-4-5 method for use in the cornfields. No need for me to reference that, it's just >simple common knowledge that I've been aware of since high school geometry, and that >will stand on it's own merit. Myself, I think Job came up with it, but that's another >story. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, >February 24, 2002 10:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RR] Let's take a >test-ANSWERS And a 3-4-5 triangle is simply the smallest integer right triangle known >where the area is also an integer namely (6 Square Units). Right triangles having >integer (whole number) sides are known as "Pythagoran Triangles". > > Besides, according to several websites the actual origin of the 3-4-5 right triangle >is most likley unknown. This means that whom ever first discovered or comprehended >the 3-4-5 right triangle's existence has no historical reference as to the place, >time, and circumstances of its discovery. The discovery of the 3-4-5 right triangle >was probably known some time before 1900 BC to 1600 BC. > > The Babylonians were the first to document the existance of the 3-4-5 right triangle >and several other integer sided right triangles as recorded on a Babylonian Clay >Tablet known as "Plimpton 322" using cuneiform script made by pressing styles into >moist soft clay. > > The statement of the Theorem was discovered on a Babylonian tablet circa 1900-1600 >B.C. (the same tablet mentioned before). Whether Pythagoras (c.560-c.480 B.C.) or >someone else from his School was the first to discover its proof can't be claimed >with any degree of credibility. > > Pythagoras didn't discover the theorem - he simply proved it. One of Pythagoras's >proofs included the 3-4-5 triangle. Multiples of that, such as the ones you listed, >are the same. > > > 2/24/2002 12:38:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > No, you are mistaken. These are two diferent methods. Pythagorean theorem is as I >stated. Pythagoras was a greek mathematician. His theorem states that the sum of the >squares of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. A >squared +b squared = c squared. The 3-4-5 method states that a triangle with sides >divisible by 3, 4, and 5 respectively will always be a right triangle. The egyptians >came up with this one for planting straight rows of corn, and I used it many times to >build square houses, as recently as last week. Try it. 3,4,5,-15,20,25- 6,8,10-etc. > > > > > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com _______ Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. Please pray for your list sponsor: http://eBible.org/mpj/ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org
