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i think this question has been asked before but it would be really great if you could help. its the number feared by pathagoreans, since it lies halfway between the only two intergers that can be both the perimeter and the area of the same rectangle.
i have no idea whatsoever.
all i know is that 1 of the numbers is 18...with 3 and 6 being the rectangle side lengths. hope that helps.:)
Good start ... ab = 2(a+b) ... 3x6 = 2(3+6) = 18
I guess 0 doesn't qualify? It is an integer ...
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The other is a rectangle with all 4 sides = 4 for an area and perimeter of 16. So the feared number is 17 which is halfway between 16 and 18.
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Oh... now I get it! lol...
As usual, I don't understand the question untill I see the answer. :-P
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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And ... why was it feared?
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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If anything it should be a lucky number...
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Maybe it was an "irrational" fear.
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"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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yeah that does help. thanks!:)
who knows why it was feared? probally has something to do with it being unsolvavle or something?
unsolveable. my bad
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