From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,224b101410a848a7 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Received: by 10.66.90.67 with SMTP id bu3mr1272596pab.45.1355962508782; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:15:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.154.132 with SMTP id vo4mr3178638igb.7.1355962508637; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:15:08 -0800 (PST) Path: 6ni51730pbd.1!nntp.google.com!kr7no13426998pbb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:15:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=duW0ogkAAABjRdnxgLGXDfna0Gc6XqmQ NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada Tutor: Outside Assignment 2 - Question to the Solution From: Adam Beneschan Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:15:08 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: 2012-12-19T16:15:08-08:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 3:18:00 PM UTC-8, Cedric wrote: > I would assume that a triangle formed by 1, 2 and 3 would give a valid triangle. Why should that not be the case? I'd recommend trying it yourself ... cut three pieces of string whose lengths are 1, 2, and 3 inches (or 1, 2, and 3 cm if you prefer; or if that's too small, try 3, 6, and 9 cm). Then try to make a triangle. I think you'll see what the problem is. -- Adam