I don't understand any of this :(
"What is the area of a trefoil whose horizontal base has length 2?"
Please help!!!
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I don't understand "horizontal base' when applied to a trefoil
I agree with Bob
My understanding of a trifoil has been this:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Trefoil-Architectural.png&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trefoil-Architectural.png&h=218&w=231&tbnid=8TWnpqXUoWRTIM:&zoom=1&q=trefoil&tbnh=142&tbnw=150&usg=__O68Xx6ZydB9BxolA7NeI3NEj0Mo=&docid=lmzDnOmLXMrhsM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=X-zWU-ymFcyGyAS2_YC4CA&sqi=2&ved=0CJ8BEPwdMA8
However I found almost the same wording of your question here:
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/2005_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_12
looks like a confusion about its definition and shape
My understanding of a trifoil has been this:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Trefoil-Architectural.png&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trefoil-Architectural.png&h=218&w=231&tbnid=8TWnpqXUoWRTIM:&zoom=1&q=trefoil&tbnh=142&tbnw=150&usg=__O68Xx6ZydB9BxolA7NeI3NEj0Mo=&docid=lmzDnOmLXMrhsM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=X-zWU-ymFcyGyAS2_YC4CA&sqi=2&ved=0CJ8BEPwdMA8
However I found almost the same wording of your question here:
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/2005_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_12
looks like a confusion about its definition and shape
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