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On 2014-02-06 11:49, Jack Straw wrote: To designers, perhaps, but not to mathematicians. Let's put it this way; two of the people who responded are mathematicians with advanced degrees in the subject, and one is a math teacher with an undergraduate degree in the subject.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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I do some math tutoring, as well, for those seeking to enter graduate school (GMAT). I'm in agreement with the answers above (that is, those of Magnus, Balducci's, S2000).
I'd also point out, however, that this is a philosophy question or an English question, not a math question,
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 11:49, S2000magician wrote: Well played, Sir!
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Jack Straw Inner circle Wichita 1020 Posts
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Well, Magnus, you just suggested that I ask a graphic designer, and then when I pulled my ace out of the hole and informed you that I AM a graphic designer, you change your tune.
I also went to Da Bronx HS of Science and graduated with honors. You have to take an entrance exam to get in, which about 49 out of 50 applicants do not get a high enough grade to be accepted. From there I went to Queens College, but I took Communications and not math. But I do know math pretty well.
Jack Straw from Wichita, cut his buddy down
And dug for him a shallow grave, and laid his body down Half a mile from Tucson, by the morning light One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women, we can share the wine |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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If you know that doubling each dimension quadruples the area, the math part of the question is done. It's a semantics question.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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On 2014-02-06 12:06, Jack Straw wrote: Wow. Let me be clear. The design answer is different from the math answer. You asked for the math answer and you got it. You argued the math answer. I said you would prefer the design answer You still want to argue. Enjoy your design answer. It is what you wanted to hear. You can't bully mathematics into agreeing with you.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Jack Straw Inner circle Wichita 1020 Posts
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I thought that the math answer would solve the design question.
If you bring me a playing card and tell me that you want it 4 times the size, I will print you a card that is 14" x 10", not 7" x 5". Then when you tell me that it's NOT 4 times the size, I will pull it up on the screen for you and show you what a 4x enlargement is. You can continue to insist that it is larger than 4x the size, but my enlargement button does not lie. It's that simple.
Jack Straw from Wichita, cut his buddy down
And dug for him a shallow grave, and laid his body down Half a mile from Tucson, by the morning light One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women, we can share the wine |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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I'm not a graphics designer, but personally, if Magnus (or anyone else) asked *me* to print them a card "four times the size" of a regular playing card, I'd ask whether he wanted each dimension to be quadrupled, or the total area to be quadrupled.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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With respect to a similar question in another discipline, I remember an employer of mine who was a skilled carpenter (though that wasn't the job for which I was working for him) telling me that half of a 2x4 was either a 1x4 or a 2x2, not a 1x2.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 11:15, stoneunhinged wrote: Hey, I thought he asked for a mathematical answer, not a philosophical one! |
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Jack Straw Inner circle Wichita 1020 Posts
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And just because it has something to do with design, does not mean it's not a math problem.
I work with numbers all day long. When I'm told to blow something up to 12" to see what the other dimension comes out to (which happens quite often), I don't ask what is meant by 12". I work in very precise measurements, and, for the most part, they must be extremely accurate.
Jack Straw from Wichita, cut his buddy down
And dug for him a shallow grave, and laid his body down Half a mile from Tucson, by the morning light One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women, we can share the wine |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 12:27, LobowolfXXX wrote: Hah!
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Jack Straw Inner circle Wichita 1020 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 12:23, LobowolfXXX wrote: But I actually work in the industry, and I would not ask that question because we all know what SHOULD be meant by saying that.
Jack Straw from Wichita, cut his buddy down
And dug for him a shallow grave, and laid his body down Half a mile from Tucson, by the morning light One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women, we can share the wine |
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Jack Straw Inner circle Wichita 1020 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 12:27, LobowolfXXX wrote: That's because you are cutting a dimension in half. But actually a 2" x 4" does NOT measure 2" x 4", you know, so apparently he was wrong when he said that.
Jack Straw from Wichita, cut his buddy down
And dug for him a shallow grave, and laid his body down Half a mile from Tucson, by the morning light One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women, we can share the wine |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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Realtors, too, would agree with the consensus answer. Lot size is given in square feet. So if you want a lot "twice the size" of a 20x40 lot, you're not going to get one that is 40x80. When referring to the "size" of a two-dimensional object, I think it's most common to mean "area."
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 12:31, Jack Straw wrote: That's great if you're doing a job for another designer.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts
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So, I am confused. How much longer does something I have need to be in order to brag that it is 4 times the size of the other guys?
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 12:42, Mr. Mystoffelees wrote: Length, area or volume? Perhaps you should restrict yourself to lifetime travelling distance.
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Jack Straw Inner circle Wichita 1020 Posts
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So if I told you all that I had a playing card that was 3 times the size of a normal card with no distortion of the graphics, would everyone here think that I had a card that measured 7" x 5" with a 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" chunk cut out of one part?
Or is it impossible to have a playing card that is 3x the size of a normal card because of that missing chunk? I would know that I had a card that measured 10 1/2" x 7 1/2".
Jack Straw from Wichita, cut his buddy down
And dug for him a shallow grave, and laid his body down Half a mile from Tucson, by the morning light One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women, we can share the wine |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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On 2014-02-06 12:58, Jack Straw wrote: You'd have a card that was proportional, with 3 times the area. Specifically, 3.5 (square root of 3) x 2.5 (square root of 3), or about 6.06" x 4.33".
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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