I'm going to take eight foot ladders and make shelving for the garage. Four of them in a "M" configuration.
Now, using a 3-4-5 right triangle and the hypotenuse is 8', the sum of squares of the other two sides would equal 64.
Right?
Okay, where did I screw up?
Maffs homework.
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Yes!
Or perhaps no!
Or perhaps no!
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You've been more than helpful.FBM wrote:Yes!
Or perhaps no!
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It was the least I could do. I checked.
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You should get that looked at.FBM wrote:It was the yeast I could do. I checked.
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Might I suggest Plano plastic shelving instead?
It's cheap, sturdy, and customizable. You can stack it as high as you want, and you can attach adjacent shelves to each other.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Plano-4-Shelf ... 01/8251820
It's cheap, sturdy, and customizable. You can stack it as high as you want, and you can attach adjacent shelves to each other.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Plano-4-Shelf ... 01/8251820
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I have about 8 of those units. No panache.Tyrannical wrote:Might I suggest Plano plastic shelving instead?
It's cheap, sturdy, and customizable. You can stack it as high as you want, and you can attach adjacent shelves to each other.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Plano-4-Shelf ... 01/8251820
I'd use the planos for saw horses, they're great for that. 
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The planos are also good in the basement, they don't collapse when they get wet. 
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If you know the ratio of the sides (3-4-5) and the length of one of them (hypotenuse is 8'), you don't need any Pythag to work out the length of the others. Just work out the ratios by dividing the 4 and 3 in turn by 5, and then multiplying by 8.Gawdzilla Sama wrote: Now, using a 3-4-5 right triangle and the hypotenuse is 8', the sum of squares of the other two sides would equal 64.
Right?
Your triangle is 8, 6.4, 4.8.
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You didn't.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I'm going to take eight foot ladders and make shelving for the garage. Four of them in a "M" configuration.
Now, using a 3-4-5 right triangle and the hypotenuse is 8', the sum of squares of the other two sides would equal 64.
Right?
Okay, where did I screw up?
If you construct a 3-4-5 triangle with a hypotenuse (the "5" side) of 8' (96"), the other two sides would be 3/5 x 8' & 4/5 x 8' = 57.6" & 76.8"
57.62 + 76.82 = 962
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So, I have two 8' ladders, 60° angles all around (two right triangles back to back.) The base would be ~7'.
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If you have 60° angles all around, all sides are the same length.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:So, I have two 8' ladders, 60° angles all around (two right triangles back to back.) The base would be ~7'.
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So I'll just make the angles add up to 170°. Easy fix.PsychoSerenity wrote:If you have 60° angles all around, all sides are the same length.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:So, I have two 8' ladders, 60° angles all around (two right triangles back to back.) The base would be ~7'.
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And while you're at it create a wheel where pi is exactly 3.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:So I'll just make the angles add up to 170°. Easy fix.PsychoSerenity wrote:If you have 60° angles all around, all sides are the same length.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:So, I have two 8' ladders, 60° angles all around (two right triangles back to back.) The base would be ~7'.
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