iBlog: Can you draw a quadrelatral which when cut by a single straight line forms three triangles?

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Cuz I sure as shoot can

At 10:49 AM, Timothy V Reeves said…

Is folding allowed?
At 3:01 PM, Anonymous said…

yawn...too easy

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At 5:36 PM, Timothy V Reeves said…

C'mon big bro, let's hear all about it then!
At 10:50 AM, Anonymous said…

See the star trek badge for immediate inspiration.

More generally, the key is to find a 4 sided shape which has one internal angle of OVER 180degrees. Then select any chord passing through this vertex and the two non adjacent sides.
At 5:20 PM, Timothy V Reeves said…

Guess what? I thought a quadrilateral always had four 90 degree angles. I have just had to generalise my definition! No problemo now! Good thing I keep an eye on Ben's blog, keeps me up to speed!
At 5:39 PM, Ben F. Foster Esq. (c) said…

well, either at least one 90 degree angle, one right angle or one 270 degree angle
At 9:21 AM, Anonymous said…

Eh?

Benjamin, your wrong. Having a 90d angle alone does not make this problem solvable. :-p
At 9:33 AM, Ben F. Foster Esq. (c) said…

`your wrong`? what would mother say.

it does make the problem solvable you goon!!
At 9:35 AM, Anonymous said…

you said this problem is solvable with AT LEAST 1 90d angle....so lets consider a square. How are you planning to trisect this shape?

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