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Re:Learning to program is getting harder by jpindar on Sunday February 18, 2018 @05:20PM (#16409145)
This is also true of a triangle, and indeed there are triangular manholes.
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Re:Learning to program is getting harder by sobani on Monday February 19, 2018 @11:12AM (#16413684)
Aren't the altitudes/heights of a triangle shorter than its sides?

The height of an equilateral triangle is about 87% of the length of one of its sides.

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Re:Learning to program is getting harder by jpindar on Monday February 19, 2018 @12:51PM (#16414359)
True. Whether they fit through the hole depends on how thick they are.
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