This is part of the reason I flunked Calculus three times

[cartman]

http://go.fark.com/cgi/fark/go.pl?IDLink=2321448&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bezier.co.uk%2Fbezier%2Ffun%2Fillusions%2Fil1.gif

[QuikSand]

...is the point that neither of those overall shapes is actually a triangle?

Visually, look at the slope of the upward red section -- rise over run is 3/8 or 0.375... the upward green section is 2/5 or 0.400. It's not the same.

The lower "triangle" bulges out, the upper caves in, and teh net difference is the square by which they differ.

[lighthousekeeper]

If you ever wanted to bait a Quiksand, all you need is a puzzle similar to the above. I think his wife used a similar puzzle to originally snag him.

[sterlingice]

If you ever wanted to bait a Quiksand, all you need is a puzzle similar to the above. I think his wife used a similar puzzle to originally snag him.

Ok, that was funny :D

SI

[Desnudo]

When you're stranded on a desert island and need to calculate the area under a curve, what's going to bail you out? Geometry?