Can so.eone explain to me by what bisecting intervals are?
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When you bisect something, you cut it into two equally sized pieces. (from Latin: "bi" = two, "sect" = cut)
Bisecting an interval creates two smaller intervals each with half the length of the original interval. Some examples:
• bisecting [0, 2] gives the intervals [0, 1] and [1, 2]
• bisecting [-1, 1] gives the intervals [-1, 0] and [0, 1]
• bisecting an arbitrary interval gives the intervals
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The intersection of the horizontal plane with the prism would have a square shape.
Step-by-step explanation:
A right rectangular prism is one in which each side makes an angle of with its base, which is a square. It is a three dimensional figure with six faces.
The point where the horizontal plane and the prism coincides would take the shape of the base of the prism. This is because the prism rests with its base on the horizontal plane. Thus, the shape required is in the form of a square since its base is a square. The length and width of its base are equal.
First of all, note that all integers are either 0,1, or 2 modulo 3 (if you're not familiar with this terminology, it means that every integer is either a multiple of 3, or it is 1 or 2 away from a multiple of 3).
So, we can think of our numbers as
In order to make sure that the sum of any three adjacent numbers is divisible by 3, we have to make sure that any group of 3 three adjacent numbers contains a 0, a 1 and a 2. This is possible only if we arrange our 9 numbers in 3 groups of 3 numbers containing 0,1 and 2 exactly once, repeating always the same pattern.
For example, we could arrange our numbers following the pattern
or
We have possible patterns. Suppose for example that we choose the pattern
One possible way of following this pattern would be the arrangement
In fact, we substituted every '0' with a multiple of 3 (3, 6 or 9), every '1' with a number 1 away from a multiple of 3 (1, 4 or 7) and every '2' with a number 2 away from a multiple of 3 (2, 5 or 8).
This means that, once we fix a patter, we have 3 choices for the first 3 slots, 2 choices for the next 3 slots, and the final slot will be fixed. So, we have
possible ways of following a fixed pattern. Since the number of patterns was 6, we have
possible arrangements.