Thursday, February 6, 2020

Pentagon; rubik cube; and other geometric stories from G. ripley

Today, geometry came to my mind. A rubik's cube has been a puzzle, that G. Ripley has not solved in his life. A rubik's cube is a 3-d combo puzzle, which was invented in 1974. The hungarian professor of architecture, Erno Rubik; designed this exciting toy. In addition to being a professor of architecture, Rubik was a sculptor. The rubik's cube has 9 panels, and it has six sides. Furthermore, the cost of this fun toy is less than $7 at discountmugs.com website online. G. Ripley will not be partaking in that transaction, to buy that really old toy. This morning, a beautiful blonde named Meredith presented a new rubik's cube to me. Her boyfriend, Dickie; happened to be in the vicinity. Dickie V. happened to tell me that the new rubik's cube is a pentagon shaped toy. A pentagon is a five shaped object, and this rubik's cube has 12 sides. This special rubik's cube is called a megaminx. Next, Dickie told me that he bought the megaminx on amazon.com. He entered this sweet coupon code, and he got an incredible deal. Immediately, Meredith corrected Dickie that he did not have the coupon code. The discount did not happen, but the cost was minimal. Meredith looked at Dickie with disgust, as he could not fool her. Meredith mentioned that the megaminx cost $9.99 without tax. As a result, G. ripley asked Dickie 'what did you want to pay for this toy?'. Dickie mentioned that the value of this product is less than $8. Ripley told Dickie that he could have bought the product at a street, which is less than 2 miles away. The street is called wisteria, and it is a renowned lane. Ripley gave the driving directions to Dickie. Dickie had this huge plan to buy another similar rubik's cube, as a birthday gift for Meredith. Moreover, Dickie and Meredith made a plan to meet at swapstore 411. G. Ripley gave directions to Dickie, which stated the store was on the northeast corner of Wisteria and Wunderkind. Dickie drove to wunderkind and wisteria, only to find that his gps on the iphone 9 gave him the wrong coordinates. Meredith and Dickie did not realize that a gps is not 100% accurate, since they were lost. They drove for 20 minutes, to find that the store was only ten minutes away. Dickie's question to meredith was 'how can a gps give the wrong geometric coordinates to me?'. In closing, one may know the directions to a store from the gps on any smartphone. But, it is better to write down directions instead. Rely on yourself to get from point A to point B, or directions. Don't assume the gps tech. is 100% accurate. Enjoy the shapes of the rubik's cube, in the geometric picture above. Arrivederci amici miei.

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