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2012-02-02 Dimensions of a Compound shape with only the area:

Hey Chris,    For a Norman window, the side of the square is equal to the diameter of the semicircle.  We can therefore represent the area of each part in terms of a single parameter, x.  This means we

2012-01-26 Distance Between Point and Line:

Hi Nour,    The shortest distance is the perpendicular distance.  This can be computed by taking the orthogonal projection between H and a point on the cable onto a vector consisting of the cable itself

2012-01-16 Intersections:

Can 4 line segments have just 2 intersecting points?  A line segment is a piece of a line.  Draw one horizontal, and draw two of them vertical with the distance between them far enough so that the 4th

2012-01-10 Derivation of formula of frustum of a cone:

It is known that the slanted surface area of a cone is pi*s*r, where pi is 3.14159265...,  s is the length from the point on top to the bottom edge, and  r is the radius of the circle at the bottom.  

2012-01-07 8th grade made:

Since if the shots are between 105 and 115 they are considered to be accurate,  these need to be the cutoff points.  Since that is 11 data points,  put 11 data points in each bar below and above.    That

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