Two wrongs dont make a right...

[NightWatcher]

but three lefts do.



carry on

[Forkboy]

1. "Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make me feel a whole lot better!"

Sorry, Suicidal Tendencies flashback. :)

[flvegan]

2. That's not true.

Three lefts only make a right if those lefts average 90 degree turns each. Make 3 10 degree left turns and see which way you're going.

[petronius]

3. That's not true either:

The sum (x) of the angles of the left turns must be 180 < x < 360. The 'average = 90' result is only one possible solution to the 'three lefts = a right' problem.

Further, it is possible to produce a right turn with any positive number (n) of left turns, provided n >= 2... :)

[flvegan]

4. Agreed, half true.

My intent was that 3 absolute left turns = a right turn was untrue. I shouldn't have spoken in absolutes such as an average being = to 90', hence my "make 3 10' left turns" statement.

What I should have said, if meant in absolution, is that 3 left turns do not always equal a right turn. If one were to make 3 turns of 11 degrees 10 minutes and 7 seconds to the left each time, one would not be in the same situation as one making a sole right turn. Therefore, this point is disproven.

But then, it's 2am.

[petronius]

5. Indeed - the OP's stated axiom of '3 lefts equalling a right' has been utterly shattered

by the existence of so many exceptions. The fact that he made such an absolute statement and yet was so clearly wrong pretty much proves that he's a freeper troll... :)