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Re: triangles
From: Jim Manzari
Date: 1999 Aug 05, 6:24 AM
From: Jim Manzari
Date: 1999 Aug 05, 6:24 AM
"Young, Derrick" wrote: > > Jim, I don't know what Paul had in mind for the triangles but - I keep a > couple of 30/60/90 and 45/45/90 triangles handy. For me they are much > easier to use than parallel rules. I also use them in combination to > replace of the 3 armed protractor. I do the same -- the reason I asked the question was the 3-inch size of Paul's triangles. I couldn't see how such small size would be useful. I was wondering if I'd missed some new trick. BTW, I forgot one additional item in my kit, the stop watch. Regards, Jim Manzari