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2.33. I'm an architectural designer, so that helps me, but I have to say if the mouse cursor disappeared while you were manipulating the point, I'd do better...
Ahhh, I got a 2.0 and was wondering why I didn't get to put my name on the list, then I realized that you have to do all three rounds. Then I was doing pretty well (got two 0.0s!) then I let go the mouse before I was ready and blew it. (This is hard to do on a laptop pad.)
3.38, sigh. I thought I'd be better. This is the kind of thing I used to be really good at (or at least I would have thought). I consistently missed the center of the circle, too high. I was also not too good at the triangle equidistant thing.
4.35 However, the second test, "find the centerpoint of a line segment" seems a bit unfair. Since it's movable, I imagine it as a rubber band between two nails - and therefore, your most accurate centering on a percentage error basis will be when you stretch it as far as possible. I guess a line is the minimal distance between two points, so... harumph.
3.79. With astigmatism using a laptop trackpad on a fast-moving train and in a super-cranky mood. I did the same "rubber band" thing with the midpoint the first time, too.
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