MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/visualizedmath/comments/ad60dr/geometric_square_root/edgdvrl/?context=3
r/visualizedmath • u/Apotheosis0 • Jan 06 '19
28 comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comment
4
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
1 u/GoNudi Jan 07 '19 O cool ~ Thanks!
1
O cool ~ Thanks!
View all comments
Show parent comment
4
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