Math 444/487 Geometry Week 3

Monday 10/14 - Friday 10/18

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Monday 10/14 444

  • Assignment 2 due.
  • Lecture: Area of rectangles and right triangles derived as in 3.1.
  • Class Activity: Discover as many proofs as possible for the formula for the area of a trapezoid.
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Wednesday 10/16 444

  • Class Activity: Equidecomposition. Use the basic moves in 3.4 to cut apart the square and reassemble as a rectangle whose width is the same as the adding machine tape.
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  • Paper squares and pieces of adding machine tape
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  • Read Berele-Goldman, Sections 3.3 and begin 3.

Wednesday 10/16 487 Lab 3

  • Lab 3 - Distances to lines, strips, tangent circles and angle bisectors
  • Lab Report 3 Due Friday.

Friday 10/18 444

  • Class Activity: Work through Pythagorean Theorem Sheets to figure out the proof in each case.
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