June 2, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008I stand by my previous prediction of a 49 state sweep by McCain.” —Varifrank: Ode To Hillary - From Jim Morrison
Well, if you’ve seen the previous posts, you’ve probably figured it out already but here’s my attempt to make it more obvious.
The only things that matter to understand the “trick” are the two triangles. The original two triangles are at the top in this image.
The big triangle is wider per tallness as compared to the small triangle. In other words, if it was the same height of the small triangle it would be wider. So let’s exaggerate that by keeping the 8 wide but make it only 1 high instead of 2.
The small triangle is narrower per tallness as compared to the big triangle so let’s exaggerate that by keeping the 5 wide but make it 3 high.
If we put them together in the same way you get an exaggerated picture of what’s going on if the original. That’s the second set in the image.
Now switch them the other way and you see an exaggerated picture of the bottom triangle in the original. That’s the third set.
Now, what I should have done the first time is superimpose the original two triangles and that’s what you get in the bottom set. It’s pretty obvious there that the two triangles are actually different shapes and not true triangles and that difference is where the “extra” space comes from. This explanation was the one that did it for me.