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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@NerdyPotato Yes,I appreciate that, and no, I did not mean you.
I meant whoever set the question in the competition, and quoted as the headline on the video's starting image.
It reads, "You don't know the Pythagoran theorem to the...", presumably aimed at those three contestants.
Maybe it was a trick, to see if they would say that they cannot quote decimal places for a pure theorem containing no numbers.
So I set the show running, to see and hear it collapse into utter nonsense within the first few seconds, by the bloke who seems one of the presenters mis-quoting the value of Pi no-one had asked about!
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{I don't know if your school had this, but our Maths syllabus had a hefty section of Pure Geometry theorems first established by people like Pythagoras, that show the properties of geometrical shapes and lines without defining numerical sizes. Oh - and yes we did learn the main circular formulae, using Pi. )
I meant whoever set the question in the competition, and quoted as the headline on the video's starting image.
It reads, "You don't know the Pythagoran theorem to the...", presumably aimed at those three contestants.
Maybe it was a trick, to see if they would say that they cannot quote decimal places for a pure theorem containing no numbers.
So I set the show running, to see and hear it collapse into utter nonsense within the first few seconds, by the bloke who seems one of the presenters mis-quoting the value of Pi no-one had asked about!
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{I don't know if your school had this, but our Maths syllabus had a hefty section of Pure Geometry theorems first established by people like Pythagoras, that show the properties of geometrical shapes and lines without defining numerical sizes. Oh - and yes we did learn the main circular formulae, using Pi. )
@ArishMell that's the title of the YouTube video, not part of the broadcast the clip was taken from. It looks like a talkshow about something that happened in another program, not a competition or quiz. It seems like he thought she was dumb and decided on the spot to ask a question to test her, which was also made up on the spot. The female presenter also seems surprised by it. If it was a quiz or competition, nobody would ask if the presenter knew the answer because that's not the point of such a program and the presenter probably wouldn't if it weren't on his cards.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@NerdyPotato I see. Thank you for explaining that. A pity the YouTube offering does not credit its source - in fact more than a pity, but wrong.
I noticed her surprise at him. I think the three contestants, if that is what they were, were just as surprised by him.
Dropped himself right in it, he did!
I noticed her surprise at him. I think the three contestants, if that is what they were, were just as surprised by him.
Dropped himself right in it, he did!