How Can This Be True?

i386

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ZmOz

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Re: How Can This Be True?

The hypotenuse on the top one isn't a straight line. That's where the extra space is hiding.
 

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Re: How Can This Be True?

ZmOz said:
The hypotenuse on the top one isn't a straight line. That's where the extra space is hiding.

Niether is the one on the bottom. Those 2 triangles are close enough to fool the eye, but are not geometrically "similar".
 
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