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RE: Steem Riddle of the Week #12: No Straight Edge

in #riddle7 years ago

Yvxr va onfvp trbzrgel jr fgneg znxvat gjb gjb pvepyrf sebz gur rqtrf bs gur yvar juvpu unir n ovttre enqvhf guna unys gur yratgu bs gur yvar. Guna jr chg gur arrqyr bs gur pbzcnff va bar bs gur pebffvat-cbvagf naq nqwhfg gur enqvhf gb n yratgu jurer vg zrrgf gur yvar. Jurer guvf pvepyr zrrgf gur yvar vf gur zvqqyr. Bs pbhefr lbh'q unir gb jbex dhvgr npphengr.

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Good idea, but adjusting the compass through trial and error until you get something that appears tangent to the naked eye, is not sufficient, there is a precise solution that will get you an exact bisection in a fixed number of steps. I'll edit the post to be more clear.