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From: fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: A Question of Perspective (?)
Message-ID: <108@fishpond.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 88 05:05:38 GMT
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Reply-To: fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish)
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In article <3293@ubc-cs.UUCP> majka@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Marc Majka) writes:
>In <350001@hpcvlx.HP.COM> ben@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth) writes:
>> A disc 3" in diameter at 10ft has the same perceived size as a 
>> disc of what diameter at 100ft?
>
>Can you solve the equation:
>
>   3    X
>  -- = ---
>  10   100

Was this supposed to be a trick question?  I perceive a 3" disk to have
the same size, whether it is located 6" in front of my nose or across
the room.  :-)

-Fred


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