"James Silverton" schrieb :
> Michael wrote on Sat, 31 May 2008 17:24:16 +0200:
>
>
>> "James Silverton" schrieb :
>>> Michael wrote on Sat, 31 May 2008 15:50:44 +0200:
>>>
>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" schrieb :
>>>>> On Fri 30 May 2008 10:44:12p, sf told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 30 May 2008 19:46:27 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
>>>>>> <leoblaisdell_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Three dots make an ellipsis. No more. No less.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> leo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Show off! All this time I thought three dots made a
>>>>>> triangle.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Only if you connect them! :-)
>>>>>
>>>> y = kx + d
>>>> Lot's of dots and no triangle ...
>>>
>>> Just for the hell of it! You can draw a circle thro' any
>>> three points (some might want to say non-collinear).
>>>
>> Nope. You can draw a circle through any _two_ points.
>> I didn't use the the formula for a line without reason ...
>
> Sorry Michael; strange it as it may seem, you will have to go back to your
> High School Geometry texts.
>
>
No, not really. You seem to confuse something here.
You can draw a circle through any two points so that the 3rd point is
inside the circle.
Let k = 0 and d = 0 in the formula above.
Let x = 0,1,2. That gives us the points 0/0, 1/1, 2/2.
Now try do draw a circle through these 3 points ...
Cheers,
Michael Kuettner
Received on Sun Jun 01 2008 - 06:46:36 PDT