Can anyone explain this?

[redqueen]

http://files2.helgon.net/Gallery/{1D7/{1D777402-B8ED-48E6-A6F1-A194D5057D25}.jpg

:shrug:

[Rising Phoenix]

1. stop trying to confuse me!!!!!!

[LaraMN]

2. Ummm.......taxes?

:shrug:

[WCGreen]

4. LOL.....

[Zuni]

3. .....

:crazy:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

5. It deals with optimizing space that's all.

[redqueen]

6. You make it sound so simple.

:(

[Crazy Guggenheim]

9. Well it utilizes a differential operator thereby setting the maxima

and minima in the limits of the relation.

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[redqueen]

11. Well, thanks for trying at least.

A 'scratching my head' goes here.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. This is your gummint

This is your gummint on drugs.

Any questions?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. Well, it isn't like it is a perfect square.

The angles are all... you know.... different.

[alarcojon]

10. Listen to Granny

In neither case is the hypotenuse of the triangle straight. This account for the difference.

[redqueen]

12. I think I'm starting to get it.

I love this place. :)

[Misunderestimator]

13. It's especially noticeable in the top piece on each in the 9th square from

on edit... I meant from the left...sheesh

[alarcojon]

14. In the first picture, the hypotenuse buckles in,

so the area is less than (1/2)(5)(13). In the second picture, it buckles out. The discrepancy is exactly one unit.

[redqueen]

17. Sweet!

Well done! :yourock:

[flvegan]

15. You should have saved this for later, when posters are drunk.

I'm picturing some just staring at the screen, uttering profanities.

[aePrime]

16. Visual Aid!

I've photoshopped this so that the points for the green and red triangles line up, but now we can see that they are at different angles.

Your brain makes a straight line between the dark green and red triangle, even though they're actually at different angles. So, as alarcojon stated, one of the triangles that is composed of the pieces has a concave hypotenuse, while the other has a convex hypotenuse. The one the bulges out (the one on the bottom) would take more space to fill, but since they've used the same pieces, the area of the pieces is the same, leaving a gap that's not filled.

[redqueen]

18. Smart people are so cool.

:loveya:

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. I was just gonna say the guy that rearranged 'em lost that little bit.

You know.....got lost in the shuffle?