Add new comment

Permalink

If x, y, z, s, t, r, o, p, and q are the spaces of the 3x3, then
x^2+y^2+z^2=
s^2+r^2+t^2=
o^2+p^2+q^2=
x^2+r^2+t^2=
x^2+s^2+o^2=
y^2+r^2+p^2=
z^2+t^2+q^2=
o^2+r^2+z^2.
If you then divide each equation by z, we get three parts of the equation that cancel z. Thus,
x^2+y^2=t^2+q^2=o^2+r^2. Therefore, if one can get six squares to equal each other, one will be closer the the answer of the 3x3. However, Wolfram Alpha posits the only real answer is zero.

Filtered HTML

  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul type> <ol start type> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.