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Q: Are two equilateral triangles equal in China?
In keeping with the grand search for full disclosure on who is equal to whom, we can now turn to what is equal to what! Consider this a question from the Theatre du Argumentum Absurdum.
Just having fun, really. What do you think?
11 years 14 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment - China
All equilateral triangles are equal but some are more equal than others.
LOL!
Do foreigners in China think two equilateral triangles in China are equal?
Next!
By definition, the angles of one equilateral triangle are equal to the angles of another (all of the angles are equal, hurray!). But!! The sides, and therefore the areas, of said equilateral triangles are not necessarily equal. Oh noez! Inequality, discrimination, TRIANGLE RACISM!!!!
MissA:
That kind of discriminatory comment is not cool. Not equal, sheesh, you'll be trying to march all of the 'smaller' triangles off to the gulags next....
assuming the triangles do indeed have all angels at 60 degrees, and they are not just claiming it is so to save face, then they could be equal. however if the length of the sides differ, then they are not the same size and you would end up with the classic argument of "my triangle is bigger than yours"
Who cares about silly triangles? 180 degrees? Phah!
Us squares have 360 degrees and much more history too. Heck we discovered triangles when one of our ancestors was accidentally cut in half while trying to do something immoral to a set square, (but we don't talk about that anymore).
Of course not. They are different triangles. You can't have one set of rules for both of them. That means that you're favoring one over the other. If you don't believe me why not check out what happened in the 19th century.
Do you ( the parallelograms on this forum) see rhomboids as equals?
mArtiAn:
You tell 'em Bill! Rhomboid rights and peace! Death to the totalitarian parallelograms! Death! DEATH!!! DEATHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Who wants a sandwich?
bill8899:
Damn parallelograms with their equal sides and symmetry and such. Screw 'em!
Make me a Reuben, please.
As Bruce Lee would say: Be round my friend, be round.
DaqingDevil:
Ahhhh circles! I love circles...there never seems to be an end to them. Continuous harmony! (Confucius I think.)
In every triangle I have been in, one side has always been greater than the other. But both sides are fun.
Scandinavian:
would that be 3 dudes to have any chance of being an equilateral triangle ?
Scandinavian:
so for it to be an equilateral triangle you must be with two other homophobes.
perhaps 3 girls would be easier to make into an equilateral triangle, and someone would need to supervise that.
Are we circling this old problem again? Ballsy! Uno, I thought we'd squared it all away in other threads, bi-the-way. But, you keep tri-tri-tri-ing again! I suspect you have a lot of pent-up emotion.. hept one upon another - something you just need to ac-sept and move on.
I octually think, you need a nove-l experience... to indulge in some deca-dance for a while.
(yeah, ok, I ran out of geometric puns early on...)
To answer the question - no. Some have been around for 5000 years, and others only have 200 years of history. And our angles are better than yours.
Traveler:
Isn't it interesting, though, that the triangles that have only been around for 200+ years are fully developed trigonometrically, while those that claim to have been around for 5000 years are struggling to develop?
Triangles can never be equal. Only the Party line is important.
I feel like I'm diagonally parked
in a parallel universe
but seriously ...
the Chinese can copy our triangles but they don't know how to invent them
they copied the Apple i-Triangle and called it the i-Triangel by mistake
Chinese proofreaders are oxymoronic like Chinese plumbing
