August 21, 2007 05:15PM
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My concern is not so much with the use or non use of the seked expression as it is with the idea that if the slope was expressed in sekeds then there is no other meaning or expression of the slope. In the RMP, one of the problems dealing with sekeds says "Given a height of 8 and a base of 12, find the seked. What is sought is the seked expression of the half base. However, what is given is the Pythagorean expression of height 8 over half base 6. The fact that the question seeks the seked expression of the slope in no way suggests that the slope has been selected because of it's seked expression. Just the opposite. The proportion is given as an expression a Pythagorean right angled triangle with side 8 for height and side 6 for half base. It makes more sense that the given part of the question explains the chosen slope, rather that the sought seked expression. This is especially true since the given slope is meaningful - perfect Pythagorean 6-8-10 triangle, as opposed to the sought seked expression - 5 1/4. Many of the pyramids have heights and half bases that are in whole numbers while the seked is not. This is not just a coincidence. The height and the baselength were chosen, then the seked could be calculated. Then the seked may or may not have been used as a construction aid.
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