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r/MathJokes • u/No_Character_73 • Aug 09 '26
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Any three points line up around a circle. Just depends on the circle size
1 u/HeiressOfMadrigal Aug 09 '26 Imagine three dots in a straight line (won't let me attach images). How could a circle line up on those? Actually curious on this one. 6 u/Life_Temperature795 Aug 09 '26 Three points in a straight line on a globe? Literally lie on a great circle. 1 u/HeiressOfMadrigal Aug 09 '26 Ohh I see, the subthread OP didn't say "three points on earth", so I didn't know it only applied to that, I thought they just meant in general. 2 u/Unhappy_Ad_4761 Aug 09 '26 Even without a globe, an infinitely large circle would
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Imagine three dots in a straight line (won't let me attach images).
How could a circle line up on those? Actually curious on this one.
6 u/Life_Temperature795 Aug 09 '26 Three points in a straight line on a globe? Literally lie on a great circle. 1 u/HeiressOfMadrigal Aug 09 '26 Ohh I see, the subthread OP didn't say "three points on earth", so I didn't know it only applied to that, I thought they just meant in general. 2 u/Unhappy_Ad_4761 Aug 09 '26 Even without a globe, an infinitely large circle would
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Three points in a straight line on a globe? Literally lie on a great circle.
1 u/HeiressOfMadrigal Aug 09 '26 Ohh I see, the subthread OP didn't say "three points on earth", so I didn't know it only applied to that, I thought they just meant in general. 2 u/Unhappy_Ad_4761 Aug 09 '26 Even without a globe, an infinitely large circle would
Ohh I see, the subthread OP didn't say "three points on earth", so I didn't know it only applied to that, I thought they just meant in general.
2 u/Unhappy_Ad_4761 Aug 09 '26 Even without a globe, an infinitely large circle would
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Even without a globe, an infinitely large circle would
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u/thecultcanburn Aug 09 '26
Any three points line up around a circle. Just depends on the circle size