The Three Square Geometry Problem - Numberphile
Three Square Geometry Problem More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Featuring Professor Zvezdelina Stankova. Extra footage1: ...
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So what are we talking about today? About my favourite problem in geometry when I was a fifth grader and it is etched in my memory to the point of being able to recall it at any time so we have three squares of the same sizes next to each other the size does not matter so what we will do you is pick one of the top corners let's say the top left corner and connect it to the bottom right corners of each of those three squares. Next, we will take this angle here at the bottom let's call it alpha the next one at the bottom let's call it well beta and and that's incorrect yeah this is upside down and finally gamma alright so the question is asking what is the sum of these three angle so it's a simple enough problem the interesting part about it is that it was given to me as a fift...
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So what are we talking about today? About my favourite problem in geometry when I was a fifth grader and it is etched in my memory to the point of being able to recall it at any time so we have three squares of the same sizes next to each other the size does not matter so what we will do you is pick one of the top corners let's say the top left corner and connect it to the bottom right corners of each of those three squares. Next, we will take this angle here at the bottom let's call it alpha the next one at the bottom let's call it well beta and and that's incorrect yeah this is upside down and finally gamma alright so the question is asking what is the sum of these three angle so it's a simple enough problem the interesting part about it is that it was given to me as a fift...
