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simple@lemm.ee to Videos@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong

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The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong

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simple@lemm.ee to Videos@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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How an SAT question became a mathematical paradox. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20%...
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    if the path had been straight yeah, but the path itself rotates 360 degrees, which gives us an extra rotation

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      This is the comment that finally enlightened me

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      Thank you

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      This finally made it click. Thanks

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      Now that is mind-bending trickery! Having a degree in applied matha millennia ago did not help…

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