Like the title says. I’m trying to explain triangulation to my actual five year old, but don’t really understand it myself. Help!
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Think of it like the game Marco Polo. You say Marco with your eyes closed but have to listen for the direction of when your friends respond “polo!” With enough listening you can find your friend.
With cellphones the towers listen for cellular transmissions from a single device and with enough data can pinpoint the source (strong signal received at one tower, weaker signal at the other tower, weakest signal at the third tower = known location near first tower).
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