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The tent was only 190cm long. “That’s nearly 2 _ _ _ _ _ _”  said the salesman. Jenny was more concerned with the sloping sides. “I’m worried that the sixty five degree _ _ _ _ _ leaves little space to move inside.
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ shape means you can only use the full
_ _ _ _ _ _ when you are in the middle and even then I would
 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it’s only about a metre.
The _ _ _ _ or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ height of a person is around one and a half metres.” “But this tent is very popular” the salesman said.
"I sold a _ _ _ _ _ of 25 of them last week. Many people said how they thought the shape of the cross section (an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ triangle) meant the tent would be able to withstand high winds much better than a tent shaped like a _ _ _ _ with a _ _ _ _ _ _ cross section .”

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  • Y8 Alexander Supporters Club, NLC, Huddersfield
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009
  • "Top notch stuff again Transum!
    We do, however, have one query - If it is known that one of the angles in a triangle is 60 degrees, then it must follow that the triangle must be equilateral and not, as it is later stated, isosceles.
    SIMPLES!!!!
    comparethetriangle.com."
  • Transum,
  • Friday, July 10, 2009
  • "Well spotted! An extra five degrees has been added (see above). Thanks very much."

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The tent was only 190cm long. “That’s nearly 2 metres”  said the salesman. Jenny was more concerned with the sloping sides. “I’m worried that the sixty degree angle leaves little space to move inside. The trangular shape means you can only use the full height when you are in the middle and even then I would estimate it’s only about a metre. The mean or average height of a person is around one and a half metres.” “But this tent is very popular” the salesman said. "I sold a total of 25 of them last week. Many people said how they thought the shape of the cross section (an isosceles triangle) meant the tent would be able to withstand high winds much better than a tent shaped like a cube with a square cross section .”

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