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why does it matter if they are equal pieces or not - it didnt say they werent equal pieces? I see what I was doing....misreading the question stem. I assumed that they were two equal pieces of wire, reading what I wanted to read. So lesson learned: read what's actually written, not what you want to ...
- by uday1031
Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:05 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Thin piece of wire
- Replies: 7
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How were you misreading the question stem?? I did the exact same thing - the methodology looks right to me But here's a question....why does it not work when you do it this way? perimeter of square: 20 side of square: 5 area of square: 25 radius of circle: 10/pi area of circle: 100/pi then I convert...
- by uday1031
Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:03 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Thin piece of wire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4102
- by uday1031
Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:53 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Difficult Math Question #1
- Replies: 30
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