• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    x + y + z + w = 360 because… Uh. I don’t remember what the terms to use are but it does. It’s a full circle. It’s 4 points and 4 angles.

    2 (x + y) = 360 because substitute x + y = z + w

    x + y = 180 because you divide each side by 2

    because x + y is 180, AOB is a line.

    That’s the best I can do. I may have forgotten a few steps about things you can’t assume.

  • Catt (she/her)@programming.dev
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    That one is quite simple. On the sketch, you get

    w+x+y+z=360º

    Making the substitution with x+y=w+z, you get

    w+w+z+z=360º <=> 2(w+z)=360º <=> w+z=180º

    Proving AOB is a line, because the sketch provides, that w+z is an angle of AOB.

    I am pretty sure, you were not asking for the proof, but I wanted to do it anyways. Does a genuine proof count as an anti meme?

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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    It’s a trick question. Question didn’t say whether AOB is a straight line or a gay one

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    Maybe thee is an elegant way but

    X+y+w+z=360°

    Given X+y=w+z

    Therefore we can sub X+y with w+z

    (W+z)+(w+z)=360°

    2(W+z)=360°

    Divide both sides by 2

    W+z=360°/2

    W+z=180°

    Straight lines are defined as having/being 180 angle

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    You guys are all creative/smart. I would have held my ruler against the line and then traced around it with my pencil.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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      19 hours ago

      I did, but after 22 years I forgot how to solve algebra without being given at least 1 of the variables. 🥺

      But also I still dont know how I would prove it’s a line even if I got the x+y=w+z part. I could say 1+2=1+2. So 3. How is 3 a line? I have no idea. 3 is a number not a line. 😩

      Unless… 3 is a squiggly line? 🤔

      Edit: Bit disappointed nobody came to shit all over my math skills. Especially since halfway through typing the comment, I forgot the second half of the problem. 🤣

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        You do have a number, it’s just not written down! It’s that a full circle is 360 degrees

        • Let x + y = d and w + z = e for easier writing
        • We know d + e = 360 degrees (a full circle)
        • d = e, so 2d = 360, so d = 180 degrees
        • The angle AOB = d, and d = 180 degrees, so AB is a straight line

        The actual maths is really easy, the bit that I assume is tripping you up is the realisation that you have more information than the words of the question

  • MotoAsh@piefed.social
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    Just intuitively, it says they’re equal, and the paired angles are adjacent. The only time two halves of a full circle have equal angles is half way.