From: Manuel Collado <m.collado@domain.invalid>
Subject: Re: Ada Tutor: Outside Assignment 2 - Question to the Solution
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:13:19 +0100
Date: 2012-12-20T10:13:19+01:00 [thread overview]
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El 20/12/2012 1:15, Adam Beneschan escribi�:
> 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.
They make a perfectly valid (degenerated) triangle:
A B C
*-*---*
With sides 1,2 and 3, and angles 0�, 180� and 0�.
> I think you'll see what the problem is.
Of course. The problem is to agree if a degenerated triangle is or not
an acceptable triangle.
--
Manuel Collado - http://lml.ls.fi.upm.es/~mcollado
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2012-12-19 23:18 Ada Tutor: Outside Assignment 2 - Question to the Solution Cedric
2012-12-19 23:43 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-20 0:15 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-12-20 9:13 ` Manuel Collado [this message]
2012-12-20 9:27 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-20 11:16 ` Stephen Leake
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