Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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| − | | date = December 2, 2022
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| − | | title = Bendy
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| − | ==Explanation==
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| − | This comic may be a reference to axis breaks in graphs, which shrink large segments and enhance readability and are denoted by a wiggly line on the axis in question.
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| − | The title-text talks about "{{w|Squaring the circle}}", a famous geometry problem based around constructing a square with the same area as a given circle with a compass and straightedge, which was proven to be impossible (even with more powerful forms of construction, such as marked straightedges or origami) in 1882 as pi is a transcendental number (Not to be confused with {{w|Tarski's circle-squaring problem|circle-squaring}}.) However, it then goes on to describe a way to literally turn one of these bendy shapes from a circle into a square, namely using clamps.
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| − | ==Transcript==
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| − | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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| − | :[There are two right triangles. One triangle has side lengths of 3, 4, and 5, and is scribbled out in red. The other triangle has the same general shape but with the catheti appearing like longer but bent lines, so that all the side lengths equal 5 if straightened.]
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| − | :[Caption below the panel:]
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| − | :Huge geometry breakthrough: Turns out those lines we make triangles out of are bendy!
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| − | {{comic discussion}}
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| − | [[Category:Math]]
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Revision as of 22:06, 3 December 2022
