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[BigBeachBanana]

Can you draw a line, that is not necessarily straight, such that it will divide the figure below into 2 identical parts?

 

[Dr.Peterson]

Can you draw a line, that is not necessarily straight, such that it will divide the figure below into 2 identical parts?
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Spoiler

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Can you draw a line, that is not necessarily straight, such that it will divide the figure below into 2 identical parts?
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Two fishes. Left one looks right. Right one looks up.

 

[Steven G]

The total area is 12. Half of the area is 6. The rest is easy.

 

[BigBeachBanana]

The total area is 12. Half of the area is 6. The rest is easy.

I would count again.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I would count again.

After getting his doctorate, he Steve forgot to count....he starts counting from 3

 

[Steven G]

I would count again.

Were you just trying to see if I would count again? Well I did, and I still get 12 square units. Am I really wrong?
Did you want me to say that the total area in Blue is 12?

 

[Steven G]

After getting his doctorate, he Steve forgot to count....he starts counting from 3

It is called the PhD syndrome. PhD = permanent head damage.
For the record, I do not have a PhD. I have a MA in math.

 

[lookagain]

The total area is 12. Half of the area is 6. The rest is easy.

"Easy" for whom!? Your third sentence does not follow from the information
given before it.

 

[BigBeachBanana]

Were you just trying to see if I would count again? Well I did, and I still get 12 square units. Am I really wrong?
Did you want me to say that the total area in Blue is 12?

You're correct Steve, it was me who can't count.

 

[Steven G]

"Easy" for whom!? Your third sentence does not follow from the information
given before it.

Everbody else understood it.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

You're correct Steve, it was me who can't count.

You spoiled it...Almost had him !!!!

 

[Steven G]

You spoiled it...Almost had him !!!!

I can count up to 15, so don't try to make fun of me.

 

[lookagain]

Everbody else understood it.

The rest may be "easy" if you are given a/the solution in a spoiler to look
at, and then pretend as if you came up with that solution yourself. Looking at
someone else's solution and then claiming, in part, after the fact, that
"the rest is easy" is not sensible.

 

[Steven G]

The rest may be "easy" if you are given a/the solution in a spoiler to look
at, and then pretend as if you came up with that solution yourself. Looking at
someone else's solution and then claiming, in part, after the fact, that
"the rest is easy" is not sensible.

Come on, to make the two pieces exactly the same the two areas have to be the same. They need to both be 6. I counted the top left until I got 6 pieces. Then I was able to verify that they looked the same. Sure, I saw Dr Peterson's solution but I found 6 on my own and I counted 6 connected pieces. Why would I act as if I solved this problem on my own if I got it from someone else from the forum?

 

[lookagain]

Come on, to make the two pieces exactly the same the two areas have to be the same. They need to both be 6. I counted the top left until I got 6 pieces. Then I was able to verify that they looked the same. Sure, I saw Dr Peterson's solution but I found 6 on my own and I counted 6 connected pieces.

Don't presume the rest is "easy" as 1) you just happened to find a/the solution, and 2) "easy"
is a subjective word.

 

[Otis]

"Easy" for whom!? Your third sentence does not follow

It was easy for Steve, once he realized the area approach. (Those are his sentences.)



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[Otis]

PhD = permanent head damage …
I do not have a PhD. I have a MA in math

Me, too: Master of Addition

Or, is it Massive Amnesia? Can't remember…

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