Japanese crossword «Excavator»
| Size: 30x20 | Picture: | Difficulty: | Added: | 22.05.26 | Author: vadimround |
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Who can bet a dollar that I'll make this picture twice as small? :-)
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I don't understand the nuances of this phrase. I wanted to say that the image size will be 10x15.
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I'm sorry Vlan - I didn't mean to confuse you.
Your "twice as small" and my "half the size" mean exactly the same thing.
A 10 x 15 is twice as small as a 20 x 30.
Also a 10 x 15 is half the size of a 20 x 30.
replyYour "twice as small" and my "half the size" mean exactly the same thing.
A 10 x 15 is twice as small as a 20 x 30.
Also a 10 x 15 is half the size of a 20 x 30.
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John, I always enjoy reading your comments, but in this case, I think you need to rethink your “half the size” explanations here. Isn’t a 10 x 15 a quarter the size of a 20 x 30?
Look at Vlan’s spoiler below. It’s clearly 1/4 the size of the original above.
Perhaps, just perhaps Vlan’s “twice as small” does not mean the same as half the size.
replyLook at Vlan’s spoiler below. It’s clearly 1/4 the size of the original above.
Perhaps, just perhaps Vlan’s “twice as small” does not mean the same as half the size.
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Hi SimPal - I see your argument. However, (& yes there is a however), you are considering area - which I agree is a quarter of the size in Vlan's spoiler.
Vlan, in his answer to me is very specific - he is referring to the linear values being halved rather than the area value:-
"I wanted to say that the image size will be 10x15" - link that with his earlier comment "Who can bet a dollar that I'll make this picture twice as small? :-".
replyVlan, in his answer to me is very specific - he is referring to the linear values being halved rather than the area value:-
"I wanted to say that the image size will be 10x15" - link that with his earlier comment "Who can bet a dollar that I'll make this picture twice as small? :-".
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In fact, the phrase "twice as small" doesn't make any sense at all. Something that is twice as big as something else has twice the area, or weight, or whatever bigness metric is agreed on; measured from zero, the metric for the big case is two times that for the small case. But where do you measure smallness from, that you can say one item's measure is twice as far as another's? It's a meaningless phrase.
As for this case -- which numbers represent "half the size" depends on whether you're measuring area (which is how I would interpret it) or number of cells.
replyAs for this case -- which numbers represent "half the size" depends on whether you're measuring area (which is how I would interpret it) or number of cells.
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