Klaymore@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI bet the rest of the world has better papersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1imageI bet the rest of the world has better papersh.itjust.worksKlaymore@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWell yes, the rest of the world does have better paper. 21×29.7, the only ratio to conserve itself when halving the sheet
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoRelation 1 to SQR 2, from A0 of 1m2 to A5 letter format (A4, A5 most used in the EU), every time the half of the next bigger format. Easy to remember. https://www.papersizes.org/a-paper-sizes.htm
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWait, is that true? Is there something special about that ratio in particular that lets it conserve ratio when dividing?
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes it’s true. It’s the square root of 2, which is why it works.
minus-squarejoshfaulkner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHere’s a fun CGP Grey video on the matter: https://youtu.be/pUF5esTscZI?si=9czdx4u8jWruZoui
minus-squareyukijoou@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agountrackered link: https://youtu.be/pUF5esTscZI
Well yes, the rest of the world does have better paper. 21×29.7, the only ratio to conserve itself when halving the sheet
Relation 1 to SQR 2, from A0 of 1m2 to A5 letter format (A4, A5 most used in the EU), every time the half of the next bigger format. Easy to remember.
https://www.papersizes.org/a-paper-sizes.htm
Wait, is that true? Is there something special about that ratio in particular that lets it conserve ratio when dividing?
Yes it’s true. It’s the square root of 2, which is why it works.
Here’s a fun CGP Grey video on the matter: https://youtu.be/pUF5esTscZI?si=9czdx4u8jWruZoui
untrackered link: https://youtu.be/pUF5esTscZI