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CAB+BAT=CAT?
When does CAB + BAT = CAT?
Hint
Think geometry.Answer
When CAB, BAT, and CAT are angles.If angle CAB and angle BAT are adjacent, with A as the vertex, then the outer rays will form angle CAT.
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nice
and congrats on your first teaser!!!
Fun and easy! Congats!
I was just thinking isn't another answer when A=0?
good one
wow i have been doing algebra for to long
Yeah, same here I thought it was algebra
Oct 15, 2006
Isn't it also true when CAB and BAT are two adjacent right triangles?
mseverdia, in essence, you are saying exactly the same thing as the teaser itself
keveffect1: if you "assume" that the letters represent one-digit numbers (the same mistake I made) then B has to be 0... therefore A cannot be 0.
It is also true when
It is also true when point A is point B and one is adding line segments.
Go math!!!!
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