- From: <Matthew.van.Eerde@hbinc.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 14:25:56 -0800
- To: www-style@w3.org
> > A. w > wmax > wmin > 0 > > B. h > hmax > 0 > > C. hmax/h > wmax/w > > D. w*hmax/h < wmin > > There are no numbers that satisfy these inequalities. > > C can be rewritten as wmax < w * hmax / h > D can be rewritten as wmin > w * hmax / h > > But this implies that wmax < wmin, which contradicts A Here's a recasting of A-D which makes it a little clearer, I hope: A. 0 < wmin < wmax < wtoobig B. 0 < hmax < htoobig C. htoobig/hmax < wtoobig/wmax D. wtoobig/wmin < htoobig/hmax Or, in English - A) there's a range of widths - wmin to wmax - and wtoobig is bigger than wmax B) htoobig is bigger than hmax C) the height excess is overshadowed by the width excess (as a percentage) D) But the excess over the minimum width is overshadowed by the height excess (as a percentage) A) and B) are obvious C) means that the thing you're trying to fit in the hole is wider than it is tall, for example +----------+ | | +----------+ (assuming the hole is square, which I can - and without loss of generality) D) means the thing you're trying to fit in the hole is taller than it is wide, for example +--+ | | | | | | | | +--+ (assuming the hole is square, which I can - and without loss of generality) C) and D) can never be true for the same object. Matthew van Eerde Software Engineer Hispanic Business Inc. HireDiversity.com 805.964.4554 x902 Matthew.van.Eerde@hbinc.com http://www.hispanicbusiness.com http://www.hirediversity.com
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