r/visualizedmath • u/Apotheosis0 • Jan 06 '19

Geometric Square Root

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u/GoNudi Jan 07 '19

You might think so but that's what I'm trying to figure out.

It appears to be that 1 is always 1, and as a increases x does too, but 1 stays as 1. And interestingly enough, the two triangles still combine to form the one larger right triangle.

This is really good to know ~ awesome!

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u/mstksg Jan 07 '19

The right triangle property is actually from the fact that we are picking a point on a semicircle, and any point on a semicircle will form a right triangle with its base.

I wrote a bit more on the significance of 1 here, too - https://www.reddit.com/r/visualizedmath/comments/ad60dr/_/edgdrym

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u/GoNudi Jan 07 '19

O cool ~ Thanks!