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"What is the area? You should be able to solve this"
08-07-2018, 12:41 AM
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RE: "What is the area? You should be able to solve this"
(08-06-2018 10:52 PM)Albert Chan Wrote:  20 cm^2 + sx = 16 cm^2 + 32 cm^2

That was my reasoning as well except that I was reading it as: \(20+5x=16+32\)
Which would lead me to: \(x=5.6\)

Well, I guess I muffed this one.
But seriously: Why would you use an index \(x\) in \(s_x\)?

Thanks for the challenge and the chuckle.
Thomas

PS: It reminded me of Viviani's theorem.
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