[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 9 points 13 hours ago

It depends on the store. There are places where the self checkout lanes are dysfunctional and end up requiring waiting for a checkout worker (who are usually understaffed) to come and scan a code to fix it.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You're overlooking a major assumption on your end. There is nothing in the image that suggests that the bottom of both triangles forms a straight line. The pair of bottom edges are two separate lines. They may or may not form a sum 180° angle. You are assuming the angles are supplementary. We know that the scale of the image is wrong, thus it is not safe to definitively say that the 80° angle's neighbor is supplementary. They may be supplementary, or the triangles may share a consistently skewed scale, or the triangles may each have separately skewed scales.

This is a basic logical thought process and basic trigonometry.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Yes, I believe I implied this by suggesting that the sum of angles being 190° is absurd.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

I see. I agree completely. The only place this belongs is as a thought experiment on making assumptions in geometry.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For the love of dog, you can't solve this problem without making assumptions that fundamentally change the answer. People are too quick to spot the first error and then make assumptions that are conveniently consistent with the correction.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Unfortunately, nobody can define a true answer without making assumptions, which is a thought process shown to be faulty by the false right angles.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...what? I get that this drawing is very dysfunctional, but are you going to argue that a triangle within a plane can have a sum of angles of 190°?

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

You're making the assumption that the straight line consisting of the bottom edge of both triangles is made of supplementary angles. This is not defined due to the nature of the image not being to scale.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We can't assume that the straight line across the bottom is a straight line because the angles in the drawing are not to scale. Who's to say that the "right angle" of the right side triangle isn't 144°?

If the scale is not consistent with euclidian planar geometry, one could argue that the scale is consistent within itself, thus the right triangle's "right angle" might also be 80°, which is not a supplement to the known 80° angle.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago

This is what I was thinking. The image is not to scale, so it is risky to say that the angles at the bottom center add up to 180, despite looking that way. If a presented angle does not represent the real angle, then presented straight lines might not represent real lines.

view more: next ›

TheOakTree

joined 1 year ago