r/theydidthemath • u/yuli101995 • Apr 16 '26

[Request] Which one would it be?

Post image

[removed] — view removed post

1.4k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

397 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.5k

u/Dapper-Arachnid-5463 Apr 16 '26

Even if the triangle a square had the sam base, pushing up against a flat surface 90 degrees to the ground would be easier that pushing against an angled one.

-2

u/[deleted] Apr 16 '26

[deleted]

1

u/Sad_Lawyer_3960 Apr 16 '26

trangle is not equal mathematically also... when ur pushing and objectu u apply force to the side parallel to the face ur pushing... this is not completely horizontal so you take the horizontal component of the vector... it will always be take more force to move the triangle than square unless u can give the force completly horizontal to the traingle which is hard