2009-04-08, 04:39 AM
KajitiSouls Wrote:Exactly 30 seconds? o.O Can you really do it in exactly 30 seconds?thats how i did it -
Take two piece-wise functions, f(x) and g(x), which define the slopes of the pieces arranged appropriately in the 5x13 rectangular diagram:
Code:f(x) = | 0.4x, for x < 5
| 0.125 + 0.375x, for x >= 5
g(x) = | 0.375x, for x < 8
| -0.2 + 0.4x, for x >= 8
Then we do the following computation:
Code:Integrate(function, x1, x2) = result
Integrate(f(x) - g(x), 0, 13)
= Integrate(0.4x - 0.375x, 0, 5)
+ Integrate(0.125 + 0.375x - 0.375x, 5, 8)
+ Integrate(0.125 + 0.375x + 0.2 - 0.4x, 8, 13)
= 0.025 * 5^2 / 2
+ 0.125 * (8 - 5)
+ 0.325 * (13 - 8) - [0.025 * ((13^2 - 8^2) / 2)]
= 0.3125 + 0.375 + 0.3125
= 1.
This tells us that there's exactly 1 square's worth of area, or lack thereof, enclosed by the four shapes.
Another proof is that any re-arrangement of all divisions from the original area will always have the same exact area as the original.
(I had nothing better to do atm)
consider there is the following diagram (excuse my mspaint skills again):
![[Image: 23qxseb.png]](http://i43.tinypic.com/23qxseb.png)
ADE is the green triangle, and DEBC is the orange quadrangle. i added DF which connects point D with line BC, and creates the angle BFD which is 90.
EDFB is a rectangle, and all his angles are 90, so EDF is 90.
ADC = ADE + EDF + FDC
ADC = ADE + 90 + FDC
ADE = arctan(8/3) = 69.443954780416535691706387252656
DF = EB = 5
CDF = arctan (2/5) = 21.801409486351811770244866086944
ADC = 69.443954780416535691706387252656 + 90 + 21.801409486351811770244866086944
ADC = 181.24536426676834746195125333959
so ABC is not really a triangle, because AC is not a line (ADC > 180). solved.
and yes, without writing everything and drawing the diagram it took 30 seconds.
