BERMUDA TRI-ANGLE! The reallity about it?
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The Bermuda Triangle is located inside the segment of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Florida.\nIt did not receive its famous nickname until 1964. Reports of bizarre happenings there, or nearby, have been recorded for centuries. In fact, many claim that already Christopher Columbus bore witness to the Bermuda Triangle's weirdness.\n\nAs the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria sailed through the area in 1492, supposedly Columbus' compass went haywire and he and his crew saw weird lights in the sky. These events have mundane explanations: Columbus' compass slight inaccuracy stemmed from nothing more than the discrepancy between true north and magnetic north. Columbus' "great flame of fire" that crashed into the ocean was probably a meteor. He saw lights in the sky again on October 11, which, of course, was the day before his famous landing. The lights, brief flashes near the horizon, were spotted in the area where dry land turned out to be.\n\nAnother historical event attributed to the Bermuda Triangle is the discovery of the Mary Celeste. The vessel was found abandoned on the high seas in 1892, about 400 miles off its intended course from New York to Genoa. There was no sign of its crew. Since the lifeboat was also missing, it is quite possible that they abandoned the Mary Celeste during a storm that they wrongly guessed the ship could not weather. What makes it hard to call this a Bermuda Triangle mystery is the fact that the ship was nowhere near the Triangle - it was found off the coast of Portugal.\n\nThe Bermuda Triangle legend really began in earnest on December 5, 1945, with the famed disappearance of Flight 19. Five Navy Avenger bombers mysteriously vanished while on a routine training mission, as did a rescue plane sent to search for them -- six aircraft and 27 men, gone without a trace. Or so the story goes.\n\nWhen all the facts are laid out, the tale of Flight 19 becomes far less puzzling. All of the crewmen of the five Avengers were inexperienced trainees, with the exception of their patrol leader, Lt. Charles Taylor. Taylor was perhaps not at the height of his abilities that day, as some reports indicate that he had a hangover and failed in his attempts to pass off this flight duty to someone else.\n\nWith the four rookie pilots entirely dependent on his guidance, Taylor found that his compass malfunctioned soon into the flight. Taylor chose to continue the run on dead reckoning, navigating by sighting landmarks below. Being familiar with the islands of the Florida Keys where he lived, Taylor had reason to feel confident in flying by sight. But visibility became poor due to a brewing storm, and he quickly became disoriented.\n\nFlight 19 was still in radio contact with the Fort Lauderdale air base, although the weather and a bad receiver in one of the Avengers made communication very spotty. They may have been guided safely home if Taylor had switched to an emergency frequency with less radio traffic, but he refused for fear they would be unable to reestablish contact under these conditions.\n\nTaylor ended up thinking they were over the Gulf of Mexico, and ordered the patrol east in search of land. But in reality, they had been heading up the Atlantic coastline, and Taylor was mistakenly leading his hapless trainees much further out to sea. Radio recordings indicate that some of them suggested to Taylor that Florida was actually to the west.\n\nA search party was dispatched, which included the Martin Mariner that many claim disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle along with Flight 19. While it is true that it never returned, the Mariner did not vanish; it blew up 23 seconds after takeoff, in an explosion that was witnessed by several at the base. This was unfortunately not an uncommon occurrence, because Mariners were known for their faulty gas tanks.\n\nNo known wreckage from Flight 19 has ever been recovered. One reasonable explanation is that Taylor led the plan
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Actually the only way it would be possible is if you use Elliptic or Riemannian geometry, and would require a manifold.  A representation of such a construct would be similar to drawing a 4 dimensional shape in 3 or even 2 dimensions.\n\nEuclidian geometry doesn't allow triangles with a sum of all angles to be greater than 180 degrees.
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Creepy.  I've seen lines in the sky, moving slowly, coming together and moving apart over and over.  That was creepy too!  But no I've never seen any triangles.  http://www.nuforc.org/  That's a site where regular people report their ufo sitings.  Pretty interesting, you should check it out!
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You need one more datum, either the third side or any angle.  If it were a right triangle, the right angle would comprise the third datum.
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No way! They didn't get it right the first times.\nThe older ones have crumbling sides so the next Fink told his engineers to make the angles less steep.\n\nYou can see the evidence if you peruse photos of the areas. In fact, one of those monuments has an abrupt change of angle midway in construction
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Let A be the angle\n\nTurn the words into an equation:\n\n"The supplement" --> 180° - A\n"is" --> =\n"thirty less than" ---> - 30°\n"three times" ---> 3 x\n"the complement" --> 90° - A\n\n180° - A = 3(90° - A) - 30°\n\nDistribute the 3 through on the right:\n180° - A = 270° - 3A - 30°\n\nSimplify:\n180° - A = 240° - 3A\n\nAdd 3A to both sides:\n180° + 2A = 240°\n\nSubtract 180 from both sides:\n2A = 60°\n\nDivide both sides by 2:\nA = 30°\n\nSo the angle is 30° (the supplement is 150°, the complement is 60°)
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gosh theres nothing wrong with bermuda triangle i've been there before. its a really beautiful place
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Check out spherical trigonometry.  The sum of the angles in a spherical triangle can be from 180 to 540 degrees!\n\nhttp://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalTriangle.html
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For an arbitrary angle, no.  There is an interesting algebraic proof to show that it is not possible to trisect an angle with a straightedge (no markings) and compass alone through the construction of a field.  Now it is obviously possible for certain angles such as the right angle to be trisected.  However, the subset of angles which can be trisected has measure 0 in the set of all possible angles (countable in an uncountable set).\n\n(See source below for more.)
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A legendary triangle of Ocean lies between 3 countries upon the Atlantic ocean. The Cities are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Fort Lauderdale. Ships, people and aeroplanes have been reported mysteriously disappearing off the face of the earth whilst travelling inside this triangle. It soon acquired the name "Devils Triangle" owing to peoples superstitions that the devil was at play on this stretch of ocean and gobbling up weary and lost travellers with great delight, but what actually was at play inside this triangle of rough water, is it really the devil?, or perhaps aliens are using this spot as their home base on earth. Maybe it really does contain a mystical vortex that sucks people down into a third dimension.\n\nThe myth of the mysterious triangle was first begun in an Associated Press dispatch of September 16, 1950. Reporter E.V. W. Jones wrote of "mysterious disappearances" of ships and planes between the Florida coast and Bermuda. Two years after this article appeared Fate magazine ran an article by George X. Sand about a "series of strange marine disappearances, each leaving no trace whatever, that have taken place in the past few years" in a "watery triangle bounded roughly by Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico".\n\nIt was not long before ideas and suggestions started forming about this piece of ocean. M.K. Jessup wrote about the disappearances and gave ideas about alien intelligences being behind them in the book "The Case for the UFO. The view was also echoed by Donald E. Kyhoe who is noted for his "The Flying Saucer Conspiracy" of 1955. Frank Edwards (Stranger Than Science) agreed with the theory of aliens having a local hangout in the triangle as well. Finally a man by the name of Vincent H. Gaddis came up with the phrase "Bermuda Triangle".\n\nVincent Gaddis wrote an article in February 1964's edition of Argosy and incorporated the story later in his book "Invisible Horizons" titled "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle". And there was the birth of the now world famous myth of the Bermuda Triangle.\n\nThroughout the years it has featured in many many articles, books, television series and movies and always portrayed as a very real and mysterious thing, but anyone out there with any sense surely will ask themselves " how in this day and age could boats, planes and other travellers just go mysteriously missing in a certain piece of water?" "wouldn't an aeroplane full of international travellers be afraid to travel over this part of the ocean"....Well let me tell you I've always asked the same questions myself and I personally have come to the conclusion that the entire thing is nothing more than a myth hyped up over the years by wrong facts and silly overexaggerated stories told down through the generations of people willing to listen to any kind of mysterious story with a unknown edge to it.
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Divide the right angle into three equal parts, or three 30-degree angles.\n\nSounds like homework to me (which, hey, I'm cool with!), as if you owned this parcel this is NOT the way you'd want to divide it for real -- you wouldn't want three neighbors all bunched up like that at the confluence of the former right angle.\n\n.
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The "Bermuda or Devil's Triangle" is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are generally accepted to be Bermuda, Miami, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.\n\nIn the past, extensive, but futile Coast Guard searches prompted by search and rescue cases such as the disappearance of a flight of five TBM Avengers shortly after take off from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., or the traceless sinking of USS Cyclops and Marine Sulphur Queen have lent credence to the popular belief in the mystery and the supernatural qualities of the "Bermuda Triangle."\n\nCountless theories attempting to explain the many disappearances have been offered throughout the history of the area. The most practical seem to be environmental and those citing human error. The majority of disappearances can be attributed to the area's unique environmental features. First, the "Devil's Triangle" is one of the two places on earth that a magnetic compass does point towards true north. Normally it points toward magnetic north. The difference between the two is known as compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees as one circumnavigates the earth. If this compass variation or error is not compensated for, a navigator could find himself far off course and in deep trouble.\n\nAn area called the "Devil's Sea" by Japanese and Filipino seamen, located off the east coast of Japan, also exhibits the same magnetic characteristics. It is also known for its mysterious disappearances.\n\nAnother environmental factor is the character of the Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and turbulent and can quickly erase any evidence of a disaster. The unpredictable Caribbean-Atlantic weather pattern also plays its role. Sudden local thunder storms and water spouts often spell disaster for pilots and mariners. Finally, the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world. With the interaction of the strong currents over the many reefs the topography is in a state of constant flux and development of new navigational hazards is swift.\n\nNot to be under estimated is the human error factor. A large number of pleasure boats travel the waters between Florida's Gold Coast and the Bahamas. All too often, crossings are attempted with too small a boat, insufficient knowledge of the area's hazards, and a lack of good seamanship.\n\nThe Coast Guard is not impressed with supernatural explanations of disasters at sea. It has been their experience that the combined forces of nature and unpredictability of mankind outdo even the most far fetched science fiction many times each year.\n\nWe know of no maps that delineate the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle. However, there are general area maps available through the Distribution Control Department, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Washington, D.C. 20390. Of particular interest to students if mysterious happenings may be the "Aeromagnetic Charts of the U.S. Coastal Region," H.O. Series 17507, 15 sheets. Numbers 9 through 15 cover the "Bermuda Triangle."\n\nInterest in the "Bermuda Triangle" can be traced to (1) the cover article in the August 1968 Argosy, "The Spreading Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle", (2) the answer to a letter to the editor of the January 1969 Playboy, and (3) an article in August 4, 1968 I, "Limbo of Lost Ships", by Leslie Lieber. Also, many newspapers carried a December 22, 1967 National Geographic Society news release which was derived largely from Vincent Gaddis' Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries of the Sea (Chilton Books, Philadelphia, 1965. OCLC# 681276) Chapter 13, "The Triangle of Death", in Mr. Gaddis' book, presents the most comprehens
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Bermuda Triangle\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n(Redirected from Bermuda triangle)\n\nThe Bermuda Triangle (also known as Devil's Triangle) is a nearly half-million square-mile (1.2 million km2) area of ocean roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and the southernmost tip of Florida. The Bermuda Triangle has become popular through representation by the mass media, in which it is a paranormal site in which the known laws of physics are either violated, altered, or both.\n\nWhile there is a common belief that a number of ships and airplanes have disappeared under highly unusual circumstances in this region, the United States Coast Guard and others disagree with that assessment, citing statistics demonstrating that the number of incidents involving lost ships and aircraft is no larger than that of any other heavily traveled region of the world. Many of the alleged mysteries have proven not so mysterious or unusual upon close examination, with inaccuracies and misinformation about the cases often circulating and recirculating over the decades.\n\nThe triangle is an arbitrary shape, crudely marking out a corridor of the Atlantic, stretching northward from the West Indies, along the North American seaboard, as far as the Carolinas. In the Age of Sail, ships returning to Europe from parts south would sail north to the Carolinas, then turn east for Europe, taking advantage of the prevailing wind direction across the North Atlantic. Even with the development of steam and internal-combustion engines, a great deal more shipping traffic was (and still is) found nearer the US coastline than towards the empty centre of the Atlantic. The Triangle also loosely conforms with the course of the Gulf Stream as it leaves the West Indies, and has always been an area of volatile weather. The combination of distinctly heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather meant that a certain, also distinctly large, number of vessels would founder in storms. Given the historical limitations of communications technology, most of those ships that sank without survivors would disappear without a trace. The advent of wireless communications, radar, and satellite navigation meant that the unexplained disappearances largely ceased at some point in the 20th Century. The occasional vessel still sinks, but rarely without a trace. It should be noted that both the concept and the name of the Bermuda Triangle date only to the 1960s, and were the products of an American journalist.\n\nOther areas often purported to possess unusual characteristics are the Devil's Sea, located near Japan, and the Marysburgh Vortex or the Great Lakes Triangle, located in eastern Lake Ontario.\n\nFirst citations\nThe first mention of disappearances in the area was made in 1950 by E.V.W. Jones as a sidebar on the Associated Press wire service regarding recent ship losses. Jones' article notes the "mysterious disappearances" of ships, airplanes and small boats in the region, and ascribes it the name "The Devil's Triangle". It was next mentioned in 1952 in a Fate Magazine article by George X. Sand, who outlined several "strange marine disappearances". The term "Bermuda Triangle" was popularized by Vincent Gaddis in a 1964 Argosy feature.\n\n[edit]\nPopularized by Berlitz\nThe area achieved its current fame largely through the efforts of Charles Berlitz in his 1974 book The Bermuda Triangle (right) and its subsequent film adaptation. The book recounts a long series of mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft, in particular the December 1945 loss of five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers in the infamous Flight 19 incident.\n\nThe book was a bestseller and included several theories about the cause of the disappearances, including accidents due to high traffic volumes; natural storms; "temporal holes"; the lost empire of Atlantis; transportation by extraterrestrial technology; and other natural or supernatural cause
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A triangle in which all 3 sides are of different lenghts, with different angles.
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^ Parasite alert LOL! ^\n\n30 s for C to move from A to B, maybe? I'll assume that. Also, x seems to be a length, not an angle. Maybe a) is asking for the rate of change of z (called z')? We know the angular rate of C about O (y') is pi/30 (answer to b)), and triangle CAO is isosceles, so z'=-0.5*pi/30. \nFor c), circumferential velocity is pi*r/30. Angle CAO is, conveniently, 45 deg, so x' = sqrt(0.5)*circumferential velocity.\nFor d), the area of triangle OAC is .5*AO*altitude, and altitude=r*sin(y). This is a maximum when y (not x) =pi/2.\nSorry, I know you wanted  no answers, but I couldn't see how/where to stop short of most of the answers.
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Do you mean what is the myth versus truth behind the Bermuda Triangle?  Some scientists believe that the area has many tropical storms, and underwater earthquakes.  The storms build up and dissipate quickly and are often not picked up on radar.  This is a heavily traveled area so accidents are going to happen.  The current is so strong there that sailors have a hard time adjusting their course.  They can be easily confused and end up hundreds of miles off course.  \n\nBermuda Triangle is also known as Devil's Triangle.  Sometimes called this because of all the accidents and disappearances that happen there.
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There's not enough information to answer the question. We need to know at least one angle as well as the length of two sides.