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A mathematical fable

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When two triangles are similar, the reduced ratio of any two corresponding sides is called the scale factor of the similar triangles. What does that mean? Perhaps the story of this king's decision to partition his land will clarify a few things about scaling and similarity.

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This was cool

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Avatar for Aaditya Rathore
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you are right. this indeed was cool.


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I liked the way they used a story to explain complex pythagorean theorems and scaling ect.