Square One TV/Episode 143

Episode 143
Season 1, Episode 43
Airdate	March 25, 1987
Production Number	43
Written by
Directed by
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Episode 143 is the forty-third episode of the first season of Square One TV, and the forty-third episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Jason Wingreen (General Scarlett), Tyra Ferrell (Ginnie Carlson)

Co-Starring:

Segments

• How to Build a Bridge - Part 1

In this animation, a coyote tries to build a bridge across 2 cliffs in order to catch a roadrunner. He first makes a straight line of struts, but there is no support and he falls right through the middle.

• EB: Sum Measure Triangle #2

This short animation demonstrates that the sum of the angles in a triangle equal 180 degrees.

• How to Build a Bridge - Part 2

The coyote tries to improve on his bridge by building a rectangle, but the rectangle is inherently unstable.

• Triangle Song

This song uses still photography to show examples of triangles in the world.

• How to Build a Bridge - Part 3

The coyote succeeds in buiding a bridge by making a series of right triangle supports. However, the cliffs then begin to crumble.

• Forestry: Trigonometry

A forestry ranger uses a special measuring tool based on trigonometric principles to determine the height of trees.

• Show Remainder

• Mathematics R Us: The Cube

When a burglar breaks in to Smilin' Al's showroom, he traps him by placing him atop a hexomino and folding it up to make a cube.

• Baloney Lead In

• Baloney

2 crazy characters visit the International House of Baloney where they have a choice of any 2 of the 4 toppings for their sandwiches. They demonstrate and make a list to determine the possibilities.

• EB: Bridge Montage

This short animation illustrates a variety of bridges and highlights the triangles.

• But Who's Counting?: Fitzgeralds vs. Doles (EKA #103)

Contestants arrange 5 randomly chosen digits in an attempt to form the smallest possible 5-digit number. To play, they must apply some knowledge of place value and probability.

• Station Promo

• Mathnet: The Problem of the Missing Baseball - Part 3 (EKA #108)

The Mathnetters continue their search for the missing house, using a database to access information about a pair of glasses that have turned up on the property.

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