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OpenStudy (anonymous):

GAH see attached againn!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i hate bothering you george but this one eally makes no sense...@KingGeorge

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please anyone?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@KingGeorge @Mertsj or anyone please?

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

This one isn't making too much sense to me either :/ If you had to pick one, which one would you pick?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the first?? im just gessing tbh

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

I'm pretty sure the first one is alright. I would recommend the third option though. All the other three options make perfect sense. However, I think she might have made the segments parallel by construction. Basically, she picked a slope of 0 for AC, and showed that the other slope was 0. Formally, it would be better to use 3 general points instead of fixing one of the points at (0,0).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohh!!! that does make more sence..i will pick the third..thank you again!

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

You're welcome.

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

My main issue with the third option is that there's a hidden assumption that you can move the triangle so that A is at (0,0) and C is at (x2,0). You can do this, but it isn't proven here.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hmm..so its not the 3rd then?

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

I still think it's the 3rd. That was just my deeper reasoning for why the 3rd is correct.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh!!!! ok:). thanksss.

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