Posted by:  Guest 55191  on November 4th, 2007Whatever!

Posted by:  Guest5930  on March 19th, 2007isn't it obvious? it is simple math. the triangle on the bottom has the hole because it is drawn over a hole in the universe.. duh!

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006Hah, it is a difference in slope... anybody who actually knows the definition of slope, or knows how to calculate it can see that. Look at the green-blue square... the hypotenuse goes up 2 and over 5, so the slope is 2/5, or 0.40. The red one goes up 3 and over 8, so the slope is 0.375. All this means is that the hypotenuse of the big triangle is actually composed of two lines. Regardless, the triangles are still the same size individually, and should therefore have the same area.

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006To you all dumb people, there is a difference in slope. You may see it, you may not see it but simple 8th grade maths proves that. The top figure is actually a four sided shape and the bottom one has 7 sides. Same area. It may appear as triangles but they are not.

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006STOP TRYING TO DESTROY MATH, its hard enough

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006I dont get it?

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006GOD look at the difference in area on the triangles, thats where the hole lies, the placement of them changes the outcome

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006ok its like this... forget the triangles! (whoever said they are quadrilaterals is wrong as "quad" would imply four sides) now the area of the other two shapes in the top diagram is 15 (5x3) but the area required to cover the "hole" is 16 (8x2) hence the one missing square. it all has to do with the placement of the traingles to create different sized areas to be filled. and for the idiots saying there is a difference in slope (!) you need to see an optomitrist

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006Wow that was simple to figure out. I love how sometime like this has people freaking out.

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006JMK is actually right in effect. its down to the differences in slope, the overall area does not change in both pictures, its just the two triangles present differnt slopes. by the way Daddy is the one that s thick as fudge. If you think the two triangles have the same angle, scale the smaller one up to the size of the large one (by multiplying both straight edges by the same amount until the base edge is the same size as the red triangles an you will see the green triangle has a much steeper slope).
Try driving up it in a car (ok if it were many times bigger!)
At least it got us all talking!!!!