On May 12, 12:07=A0pm, Palindrome wrote:
> johnmids2006 wrote:
> > The school have badly worded the question.
>
> > It is wrong to say that the curved surface "meets" at the vertex.
>
> > However, it seems reasonable to assume they are talking about a cone.
>
> We could argue about whether an edge also is present in a line segment
> where any face of solid meets itself at an angle. If so, then a cone can
> be said to have a zero length line segment where a face meets itself at
> an angle to form a vertex.
>
> Fredie is the only one to get the answer right, IMHO. A cone, on this
> planet, would not of itself be given a sense of identity typified by, "I
> am...". Hence the answer must be some cone-shaped alien life-form...
>
> --
> Sue
Some politicians are two-faced. I don't suppose anyone would care to
suggest MP's to whom the description might be said to apply? |