CK. The Third Tree

May 6, 2007 · The Mathcast, Topology and geometry, answers, guests, infinity, math puzzles · Permalink

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Niclas Hedell, a listener, poses a problem from his days in the Swedish military: given two trees in the forest, and a rope twice as long as the distance between the trees, how do you find a third tree so that all three make a right triangle.

And we explain how the Stork can catch the Frog.

 
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