Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Fox 208

This is a classic. You can find similar versions in several books.
Again should be solvable with no math, maybe with a little art - I guess.

4 comments:

  1. ax/2+bx/2+cx/2=xh/2
    a+b+c=h

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  2. Draw parallel to side through p. Equilateral triangle height h-a created. Draw parallel through b. Eqilateral triangle height h-a-b has c as its height.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/73116551@N05/6599013273/in/photostream

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  3. I found the following "no word" demonstration for #208 recently reading through some magazine. I made an svg animation for it here:
    http://bleaug.free.fr/8foxes/8foxes208.html

    (tested with firefox + chrome, should work with other modern browsers)

    bleaug

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  4. Beautiful animation!
    Thank you Bleaug.

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