I wonder if I'm the only person on earth who's noticed that the triangle on the left has a total of 190º.
@ToruOkada @mcfate @sjvn
McFate.... For Shame... 🤣😊😉
That's a cheap trick, if you ask me.
What are we teaching here? "The teacher can't be trusted"?
@mcfate My math teacher loved to do this in exam questions - some freehand drawing that implied a simple, but wrong answer. I think it is a valid lesson - always check whether the "common sense" solution holds true. @InvaderGzim @sjvn
This isn't a "freehand" drawing, and "the teacher will deceive you about things" is a BAD "math" lesson.
x = "Stop fucking with people"
This kind of sad bullshit is what makes people hate math, and decide they're "bad at it", you know.
Imagine a music teacher who threw in some bizarre clef just to see if you were paying attention.
Think that would enhance your appreciation for music?
@mcfate My music teacher taught us Schönberg's twelve-tone music. Even this did not kill my music appreciation. @InvaderGzim @sjvn
@ToruOkada @mcfate @InvaderGzim "Schönberg's twelve-tone music" I am so sorry,
@ToruOkada @sjvn @mcfate
The NYS Regents exams I had to take every year of high school math made me very untrusting.
Parallel lines are parallel only off marked.... Perpendicular lines the same...
Two angles given? The third is what it is... Drawings matter only what was actuality there...
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The way a Regents exam is conducted isn't a teaching exercise.
Like I said, I question whether this problem is about complementary angles or its a trust exercise.
If it's the former, there's no loss in drawing it accurately instead of deceptively.
If it's the latter, a fair warning is in order.
@sjvn Traumatic as a teenager, I can tell you. I blame all my current neurotic behaviors on this. @mcfate @InvaderGzim