Pythagorean Theorem question and my actual bed length?

[Corwin C]

It really shows how priorities have changed over the years ... my grandfather KNEW his times tables clear out to 20x ... I learned up to 12x ... my children probably will never learn because they pick up a calculator. A calculator is now REQUIRED in 7th grade math.

Same for handwriting ...

Same for history ...

Same for language ...

etc. etc. etc.

But they know how to find ANYONE on facebook

Corwin

[S. Heisley]

A corner to corner measurement of length is just that: corner to corner. Your feet alone are wider than that corner and the two of you, with four feet and even two skinny bodies, will run out of that corner length pretty quick.

[Oasis Maker]

A corner to corner measurement of length is just that: corner to corner. Your feet alone are wider than that corner and the two of you, with four feet and even two skinny bodies, will run out of that corner length pretty quick.

If you look back at my post, you'll see the measurement is for "half" of the cabin dimensions. Each side would have its own hypotenuse going in an opposite direction and only meet at the very top or bottom (depending on how you look at it). Or spaced a distance apart and never touching if going parallel in the same direction. Either way, we're not two people straddling the same line.

And yes, I'm aware that the measurement is a line at its longest point in a triangle, and unless I'm a stick person, I would not be sleeping perfectly upon it.

The question and point was that I was forgetting the last part of a formula that I haven't used since high school > (many many moons ago).

But I'll tell you how important sleeping on an angle is for me. My cabin is 78" in length and I'm 76" tall. Without sleeping on an angle my feet would not be able to completely relax and flex forward when sleeping, and that will not only physically cramp me up... that sensation drives me nuts. Really. Either I would kick the back of the wall out or get another teardrop. The width of the LG was the single most important selling point for me and my size.

Scott G.

[Sam I am]

If you want to talk about mathematical dinosaurs, I actually used a slide rule in college! I graduated from Penn State in 1971 in mechanical Engineering. Electronic calculators were just appearing in those days. The M.E. dept. had one which measured about 10"x10" square, and would do square roots! We were amazed that it could do that, even though it took about ten seconds for the answer to appear on the display! That calculator cost about $500 or so back then! Technology sure has advanced, but I do have concerns that today's kids aren't really learning the basics of math like past generations. I'm gettin' old!

[Cutterpup]

My first calculator cost $35 from our local Mafia discounter, it had a square root key and it was about the size of a box of kraft mac n cheese. I used it right along side of my slide rule (still being taught 1972).

Dan

[Creamcracker]

One of my jobs is at www.blueridgeschool.com which is a boarding school with students from all over the world. We have a large number from East Asia...these are enrolled by the parents to help them learn English (as well as the overall program.) More recently we've seen an increase in the "attempted" use of electronic translators...they don't help the student learn vocabulary at all .....the students are having a tough time understanding why we have prohibited their use. More germain to this forum...I know people who work well with power tools but can't do squat when there's no power and they have to use hand tools....
Philip

[mikeschn]

The other dud in math was an embarrassing attempt to implement the metric system into our schools. It was called "new math". Remember that? Forget that the whole rest of the world is on the metric system. Anyhow it was a disaster and complete confusion. The damn teachers didn't even know how to teach it? Finally after a couple of years, the idea was chucked. This great country that ushered in the industrial revolution thankfully went back to gassing up our cars in gallons.

Scott G.

I never learned metric, but I design cars in metric. Lets see, we want 1/4" clearance... ummmm that's just over 6mm. Close enough!

But I still get in trouble when I put a 4x view on a drawing. Them metric folks like to see 5x!!! And we won't even talk about ANSI versus ISO!

Mike...

[Creamcracker]

This great country that ushered in the industrial revolution thankfully went back to gassing up our cars in gallons.

Scott G.

Umm! I don't think so......http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
Philip

[Roly Nelson]

Even though I took 4 years of math in high school, it still makes my head hurt. Best bet is to take a chaulk line and snap out the lines on the driveway, and then measure that diagonal you question. Lets see, Pi R Squared.......naw, that was another problem, just kiddin.
Roly

[M B Hamilton]

Pi? Did somebody mention pi? Apple with a wedge of sharp cheddar or chocolate cream, please.

[Miriam C.]

Even though I took 4 years of math in high school, it still makes my head hurt. Best bet is to take a chaulk line and snap out the lines on the driveway, and then measure that diagonal you question. Lets see, Pi R Squared.......naw, that was another problem, just kiddin.
Roly

and after you lay out there be sure to mark where your feet and pillow are so you can get a good measurement.......

Math is great if you really need to be accurate, in this case close and comfortable is good enough.

[Cutterpup]

Even though I took 4 years of math in high school, it still makes my head hurt. Best bet is to take a chaulk line and snap out the lines on the driveway, and then measure that diagonal you question. Lets see, Pi R Squared.......naw, that was another problem, just kiddin.
Roly

Roly, Pi r squared..no pi r round cornbread are squared!

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Dan