Comments on: How To Measure Any Distance With The Pythagorean Theorem https://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/ Math lessons that click Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Why Do We Need Pythagoras Theorem? - Sciencious https://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-392993 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:29:06 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-392993 […] https://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/ […]

]]> By: Jonathan Gray https://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-567960 Sun, 04 Oct 2020 01:06:56 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-567960 In reply to George Lee.

I think you might just be thinking about it wrong. If you think the ordering of the days matters, for example to preserve patterns, then leave it in the order that makes sense for what you're trying to accomplish. If the ordering of the days is arbitrary to your result then it would probably make the most sense to simply work with averages. If for example if you're comparing days of a year between two years it would probably make sense to compare the days in order; Taking averages or even sorting could potentially hide things like anomalous temperatures that wouldn't make sense during a certain season.

]]> By: George Lee https://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-361620 Tue, 25 Dec 2018 15:08:00 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-361620 Hi Kalid
You can't use the Pythagorean Theorem with identical things, like the example you gave with temperatures of five days. To be easy, let's do it with two days. Week 1 - Monday 80° Tuesday 70°,week 2 - Monday 70° Tuesday 80°.The Pythagorean Theorem says there is a difference of 14.14, but in fact there is no difference, both weeks experienced the same temperatures. Even if you are arguing that there's a difference, you must agree that the difference is not as big as if week 2 would be - Monday 80° Tuesday 90°, but with the Pythagorean Theorem it is.
Maybe we can calculate the distance of either week to zero, and then see the difference between them. (With temperatures it's difficult to find the zero.) But even then it is still much more useful to calculate the regular average by adding up all temperatures and then dividing into the amount of days.

You can't do it with totally independent things either, they must be able to interact with each other. Physical dimensions interact with each other, they form diagonal dimensions. Colors interact too. But weight, height and age don't. So you have to calculate them separately. The same is true with movie characters.

]]> By: WHallallaaala https://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-336276 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:29:22 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-336276 This says nothing GARBAGE

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