Post B192aaeJPJSxiCfkhc by futurebird@sauropods.win
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 (DIR) Post #B192aaeJPJSxiCfkhc by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-12-11T16:46:29Z
       
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       Is this geometry problem fun or is it evil? “prove LMNO is a parallelogram” #matheducation
       
 (DIR) Post #B1938npIv9WIQV7ynw by darkling@mstdn.social
       2025-12-11T16:52:38Z
       
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       @futurebird I get that the cross-marks are equal lengths, but what do the arrows mean? Parallel lines?
       
 (DIR) Post #B193JrN05QUMbNA3vc by farah@beige.party
       2025-12-11T16:54:37Z
       
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       @futurebird Looks fun to me
       
 (DIR) Post #B193N04ICeOERouNLE by MichaelTBacon@social.coop
       2025-12-11T16:55:11Z
       
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       @futurebird I think it's fun but I'm long enough out of geometry that I'm not sure my memory for the rules for similar triangles is totally solid.
       
 (DIR) Post #B195RL6u6vOAm8KJcW by kevingranade@mastodon.gamedev.place
       2025-12-11T17:18:24Z
       
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       @futurebird yesSomehow my trig education from millennia ago didn't even use <, << as parallel so I had to look that up but I'm sure it's well established in your context.
       
 (DIR) Post #B196JqUpdPGtkqVdXU by madonius@chaos.social
       2025-12-11T17:28:15Z
       
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       @futurebird I think it's fun
       
 (DIR) Post #B196eQgemuuJn1r67k by Karen5Lund@mastodon.social
       2025-12-11T17:31:58Z
       
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       @futurebird It's evil, but not for the reason you think. The problem reminds me that I liked geometry and was good at it, but that was half a century ago and I might be getting old.
       
 (DIR) Post #B19AALT022yyjENT8K by lffontenelle@mastodon.social
       2025-12-11T18:11:19Z
       
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       @futurebird It is at least twice as convoluted as the hardest problem of the kind I ever had to solve, back in the day
       
 (DIR) Post #B19DUPcIbzhHFmzINk by dtauvdiodr@c.im
       2025-12-11T18:48:37Z
       
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       @futurebird Chaotic Fun
       
 (DIR) Post #B19Dsg3x7LT3D5UcIC by brhfl@digipres.club
       2025-12-11T18:53:00Z
       
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       @futurebird enough of both that i might swap the labels around such that it’s the LMAO parallelogram 😹
       
 (DIR) Post #B19DypcWUmVKadb6Zc by electropict@mastodon.scot
       2025-12-11T18:54:05Z
       
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       @futurebird Prove to my satisfaction or someone else's?
       
 (DIR) Post #B19EFVqRH21KBE3ooq by BernieDoesIt@mstdn.social
       2025-12-11T18:57:06Z
       
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       @futurebird @llewelly Looks like something I would have enjoyed when my geometry wasn't as rusty.
       
 (DIR) Post #B19oFi0DfUKEEj1oFE by catselbow@fosstodon.org
       2025-12-12T01:40:31Z
       
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       @futurebird Is this related to Wittenbauer's parallelogram in some sneaky way?https://archimedes-lab.org/2025/05/29/wittenbauers-parallelogram/
       
 (DIR) Post #B19sRl5gPbhT6caKh6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-12-12T02:27:33Z
       
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       @catselbow Yes, sort of, having a look at it. (I had not seen Wittenbauer's parallelogram before, but this is perfect for these lessons...) Wittenbauer's parallelogram works by making triangles and connecting their midpoints. This makes sets of parallel lines.Something similar is going on above.
       
 (DIR) Post #B19wZFHOy4vOZxtM6S by AMS@infosec.exchange
       2025-12-12T03:13:39Z
       
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       @futurebird Depending on the rigor you're expecting not bad to annoying.