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8 Jul 2024 11:04:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Garfield's Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 18 Mar 2006 10:29:18
Message: <441c274e@news.povray.org>
"Dave Matthews" <dav### [at] mnwestedu> wrote in message 
news:web.43deae35bdd460ca8c7259570@news.povray.org...
> Back in 1876, then US Congressman James Garfield came up with a "new" 
> proof
>
> The astute observer will note that it's not a very remarkable proof,

I would have flunked out of my High School Geometry class if it weren't for 
a final test to pass the class, so this is remarkable enough. And I can 
almost understand it, too, after looking at it stopped at the end for 
awhile. I sure didn't know anything about President Garfield doing that. I 
wasn't very good in History class either.


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