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In the highschool curriculum it is usually assumed that the shortest path between two points is a straight line. Is there any justification for this belief?
Here's a wonderful way to think about matters as fun applications of Pythagoras's theorem. It is fun to have this discussion with students.
In the highschool curriculum it is usually assumed that the shortest path between two points is a straight line. Is there any justification for this belief?
Here's a wonderful way to think about matters as fun applications of Pythagoras's theorem. It is fun to have this discussion with students.




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