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Question

Three lefts make a right.

Answer 1

While I am scratching my head as to WHY this question is in the R&S category... let me just say this about that....

Three lefts make a right only if you are assuming each left is a 90-deg angle from the path of procession. The same holds true for the "Three rights make a left" proposition. In any case...


Have a blessed day.

Answer 2

no.. not always. i can make 3 lefts and end up where i started.

how do i do this:

i set off from my house and walk a mile south. then i turn and walk a mile east. then i turn again and walk a mile north. wow, i'm at my house again. how? i live at the north pole. :P
(not really, but its just an illustration)

3 lefts only make a right if the angle of the turn is 90 degrees and the 3 distances travled are of the same length.

Answer 3

3 x degree lefts make a 360 - 3x degree right.

so 3 120 degree lefts make -
360 -3*120 degree right
=> a 0 degree right (i.e. straight ahead).

Answer 4

But four lefts put you right back where you started from. One right changes all of that.

Answer 5

I did not know that. I hope you keep coming up with good knowlege like this. Keep an open mind to the best ideas you can find, no matter what source they come from.

Answer 6

no 3 lefts dont. u can just keep goin left

Answer 7

Not always, it depends how long you go after the left turn.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Only in two dimensions.