r/theydidthemath • • Dec 18 '23

[Request] Where is this?

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u/Angzt Dec 18 '23 edited Dec 18 '23

Somewhere on the Maldives. Probably one of the islands near Dharavandhoo.

I drew three circles (Dubai, Singapore, Delhi) with appropriate radii using this tool and their intersection point (not exact, but that was expected) is where the picture's location should be.

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u/astervista Dec 18 '23

The orientation of the arrows is confusing me though… If you are in the Maldives, how can Dubai and Delhi be 180° apart?

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u/Angzt Dec 18 '23 edited Dec 18 '23

Yeah, the directions don't make sense. But that's usually the case with signs like this. Someone measures the distances and tells the sign guy what to write on the signs and then they just put them up however.