question was asked on 1 vs. 100. Woman lost $54,000 by saying passenger-side. Back-end to me would be perpendicular, not parallel.
2006-12-26 16:12:34 · 2 answers · asked by clownbuttons 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The question was: Santa just parallel parked his sleigh. Which part of the sleigh is perpendicular to the curb? The woman had it right with her first instinct, but then talked herself out of it. The question threw her off because it said "parallel parked", but actually wanted to know about the sleigh being perpendicular to the curb. The driver side and the passenger side of the sleigh are both going in the same direction as the curb, thus those two were parallel to the curb. The back end of the sleigh, if drawn in a continuous line would at some point intersect the curb, making it perpendicular.
Parallel - extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging.
Perpendicular - meeting a given line or surface at right angles
2006-12-26 16:17:27 · answer #1 · answered by tiny_tim 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
parked at dead end
2006-12-31 10:51:30 · answer #2 · answered by Tellin' U Da Truth! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋