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Icarus
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Re: From a Point to a Plane
« on: Apr 7th, 2003, 7:53pm » |
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Another question: What do one of Isaac Asimov's Robot stories, a certain Jim Carey movie, and this puzzle have in common?
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"Pi goes on and on and on ...
And e is just as cursed.
I wonder: Which is larger
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Re: From a Point to a Plane
« Reply #1 on: Apr 8th, 2003, 4:55pm » |
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I was thinking of "Liar!", "Liar! Liar!", and this puzzle. This is not a castigation of the puzzle by the way! Just like with the Thermodynamics violating puzzles, the whole point of the puzzle is figuring out where the lie is! 
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Re: From a Point to a Plane
« Reply #2 on: Apr 9th, 2003, 5:32am » |
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the lie is: "Since the two diameters meet at point P, the two spheres intersect the plane and create two intersecting circles, as shown"
Leaving aside extreme cases, the circles wouldn't intersect. They'd have the same center, through which you can draw the one and only perpendicular line you're looking for.
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