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#26 2013-06-02 06:13:34
- bobbym
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Re: altituds
I am looking at it now. If you change AB the distance varies.
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#27 2013-06-02 06:21:44
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Re: altituds
In my diagram and if Y is the point on AC where XY is perpendicular to AC then
AYX and AMX are congruent (SAA) so the size of AB is irrelevant.
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#28 2013-06-02 06:21:51
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Re: altituds
It does. But it stays the same as MX.
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#29 2013-06-02 06:26:05
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Re: altituds
MX changes too because it is a perpendicular bisector of AB. If AB lengthens MX will change too.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#30 2013-06-02 06:28:45
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Re: altituds
Here's my diagram.
MX is given as 9, so it cannot change.
Bob
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#31 2013-06-02 06:30:09
- anonimnystefy
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Re: altituds
Hi bobbym
I do not think you understand me. The distance from X to AC is always the same as MX. Bob has a nice proof up there.
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#32 2013-06-02 06:34:22
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Re: altituds
I am sorry, your comment in post #21 confused me. I already solved this in post#20. I thought you had found something wrong with that answer, and got mixed up.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#33 2013-06-02 06:35:24
- anonimnystefy
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Re: altituds
No, no. I just stated that we do not need the length of AB.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#34 2013-06-02 06:40:16
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Re: altituds
Because of the fact that Flux does not tell you when a post has been put just prior to yours, I was posting for your posts and did not see any of his!
My apologies to Bob.
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#35 2013-06-02 07:55:06
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Re: altituds
No apology necessary. I'm happy to have been able to provide a quick solution. For once my pencil and paper worked more quickly than my software.
Bob
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you! …………….Bob
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