64 = 65? Wild

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[the jordan massacre]

Some smarter people explain this...

 

[goldnboi7]

oh aight...I take ya word 4 it, cuz...

 

[coolnificent]

I get it but I....

can't explain it.

 

[relevant sx]

dimensions? same pieces, but rearranged i'm guessing?

 

[the jordan massacre]

Oh @**! i understand it now. Wow

 

[TheGodFresco]

yo, i don't get this?? Some one want to explain?

 

[vi alex iv]

Impossible. Some of the lines are probably curved

 

[relevant sx]

http://mathsucks.ytmnd.com/

 

[bbanks707]

Impossible. Some of the lines are probably curved
Yezzir. The math isnt wrong, its just that the shapes are diferent.

 

[supra97rx7]

hold a straight edge up to the triangles' hypotenuse on the 5x13
i only used a dollar bill, but the line wasn't straight.

maybe by dollar isn't straight

 

[c money 88 05]

I MUST not be thinking about this right if it's that difficult...


The way I see it, square is 8X8
The rectangle is 5X13

Different dimensions, just because 2 equal triangles fit within 2 different shapes mean nothing.


that's just me though.

 

[jumpman247]

so when I'm 64 I'll be 65?

 

[iiljaybe3]

are you guys serious? just look at it and you'll figure it out

 

[supra97rx7]

Originally Posted by jumpman247

so when I'm 64 I'll be 65?

when that year passes, will you lose a year and become 66?

 

[markybwoy]

never mind lol

 

[supra97rx7]

straight edge exposing a 'concealed' area ftw.

 

[kdwallace]

Yeah, the pieces don't quite fit in the second positions. You can see that in this version - the space in the middle is obviously the area of one square sothat's where it comes from.

 

[limitedretroog]

Lose closely, the line's not straight.

 

[and i love it]

What the

 

[supra97rx7]

^i see another line that isn't straight

 

[knowledgebones72]

Aren't they two different shapes?

 

[ac4three]

Hmmmm...

 

[renkxedik]

the way i see it is when you add the collective areas and then round up you get 65 its kind of like the difference between 64.49 and 64.51 when you round oneto two digits you get 64 while with the other one you get 65 same goes with the missing square.

in the first picture that little difference in area when you change the shapes makes 64=65 you're eyes can't exactly detect those subtle differences

 

[c money 88 05]

ok, somebody wanna clue me into what exactly you guys are questioning?

Everytime I look at the picture, I see a square that's 8X8, and a rectangle that's 5X13.

2 unequal shapes that can't form the same shape. The triangles on the inside have a combined area of 24 in each shape, but that's irrelevant to theactual area of the shapes.


PLEASE clue me in, I'm lost.