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5535047 No.5535047[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Why does this seem to work?
>Trickery?

>> No.5535051

crookedness

>> No.5535061

Why choose 5, 8 and 13 (Fibonacci numbers)? How does it look with 8, 13, 21? What about 2, 3, 5?

>> No.5535076

2/5 != 3/8

>> No.5535085

Note how there is a tiny gap in the middle of the second rectangle

>> No.5535092

>>5535085
no there isnt.

>> No.5535123

>>5535047
Is this the same bullshit as those triangles where the hypothenuse is subtly curved to make it seem as if area is lost?

>> No.5535133

>>5535123
Yes.

I have once drawn this shit in a CAD package and you create a tiny gap in the middle with an area of exactly 1

>> No.5535283
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5535283

The reason this seems to work is because they trick you into thinking the SECOND figure they are making is made out of perfect squares (and they do 5x13 as if they are perfect squares, BUT THEY ARE NOT.
The reason is that they connect the diagonal cut from the red and green with the diagonal cut from the blue and orange. When you do the final connection for the final figure, the cuts won't make perfect squares. So you computing 5x13 as the area of the final figure is wrong.

Do it on your own with maff paper to see what I mean.

>> No.5535290

Thick borders around the four areas that were divided.
So yes, trickery.

>> No.5535292

>>5535092
either there is or 64 does actually equal 65

and you're the dipwad who thinks the latter it seems

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>>5535047
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