2509: "Useful Geometry Formulas"

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2509: "Useful Geometry Formulas"

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Title text: Geometry textbooks always try to trick you by adding decorative stripes and dotted lines.

If the title text didn't give it away - the joke is that the formula is just the area of the 2D shape shown, ignoring how "3D" the shapes appear to be.
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It took me until I read the title text to get that.
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It took me until the front page of explainxkcd to get that... :oops:
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I thought it was only the last one that was wrong, until I read the title text.
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That's actually pretty creative. I love that. Did a double take until I read the title text.
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ratammer wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:56 pm Hoping to find something quotable on this new forum!
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It took me until I came here to get that :oops:
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Just glad to see you again, Jimbob.
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