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Thomas Bell's avatar

Re-worked the problem with more accurate construction and got the answer to be 42.0000000000003

Check it out: https://www.geogebra.org/calculator/ecwgjfpd

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PHILIP BROWN's avatar

That's pretty cool....12 zeros! Wow!

I need to get better at Geogebra! It's a pretty powerful tool.

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Thomas Bell's avatar

Geogebra Solution for me is 41.9666798203... certainly not exactly 42! But, good enough for government work ;)

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PHILIP BROWN's avatar

I think Geogebra might be too good for government work. 😉

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