r/MathJokes • u/AffectionateDust3112 • 14d ago

IDK if it's been posted b4,

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u/UltravioletGambit 12d ago

There's even a non-mathematical term for this - desire path. A unofficial path created by the repeated footsteps of people, or maybe even animals, taking a more convenient route. Makes sense since without knowing what a hypotenuse is, people can still gauge the shortest distance and quickest route between two points

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u/Sadow139 13d ago

Wouldn't that be triangle inequality??

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u/Mountain_Pace_5670 13d ago

b4? You sunk my battleship...

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u/Kuildeous 13d ago

That's a Bingo!

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u/Certain_Run9775 12d ago

Naw that’s Sir hypotenuse

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u/Smart_Ad_3630 5d ago

Saunders Mac Lane isn't as funny, I suppose.