Louisiana Teens Solve Trigonometry Puzzle Thought to Be Impossible for 2,000 Years
Two Catholic high school students in New Orleans, Louisiana, used trigonometry to solve a mathematical puzzle that was thought to be unsolvable for 2,000 years. At St. Mary’s Academy, an all-girls school founded by nuns to help other young black women after the Civil War, Calthea Johnson and Nekiya Jackson are challenged to enter a […]