Geometry

1) According to the author of A World of Art line is important in an artist since it plays a major role in human history, delineating city limits, county lines, and state and national borders. 2) In Matthew Richie’s quote I think he is trying to talk about the structures of line and properties of how line can be structured. Then, Ritchie’s is trying to use it as a symbol when it comes to using a straight line since it can represent the direction and the curve can mean to join things. I also see…

The solution of the Frank and Doris race problem looked to be simple at first. Although Doris speed began faster, Frank gained speed and passed her and thus seemed to be the winner of the race. After looking more closely at the problem I discovered this was not quite the case. I first sketched Frank and Doris given values onto the one Velocity-Time graph. Originally looking at this graph, it looks as if Frank passes Doris at 10 seconds, because that is when his speed becomes greater than Doris’s…

freshman year in Honors Geometry class. Throughout middle school, I had…

as “a flat sheet of paper on which straight lines, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and other figures make up the space we live in today” (Abbott). This book can help teach students geometry in everyday life, and give good examples of things we would not think of as something we would learn in geometry. The book also gives us examples of how words can change their meanings thought the years, or stay the same. In the story Edwin Abbott refers to everything as being flat, and a straight…

Also, the guidelines replace conventional geometry with a new kind of geometry. Rather than using the accepted Euclidean geometry curriculum, “[the standards use] an experimental approach to…geometry that has neither been widely used…nor considered effective where it has been tried” (Don’t Make the Grade). Using this “experimental approach” to geometry, rather than Euclid’s geometry, can ultimately affect students’ performance in college level geometry (Don’t Make the Grade). Unfortunately,…

London and the Stahl llouse (I960) by Pierre Koenig, the two designs focused on symmetry in addition to a repetition of rectangular geometries. Although these houses were designed about 100 years apart they are very similar in plan. They are designed in an “L” shape. focusing on the right angles. In comparison to the Red House. the Stahl House has more refined geometries but is still designed on the basic principles that were included in the Red House. These plans also deal with the notion of…

Throughout history, there have been many contributions to Western civilization from the ancient Greeks. There have made long lasting contributions in the areas of government, , and mathematics. “Our plan of government favors the many instead of the few; that is why it is called a democracy (Document 3). Pericles was a wise and able statesman that led Athens during its golden age. He introduced direct democracy to Athens. In document 3, “As for social standing, advancement is open to everyone,…

Mathematics of Number, Algebra, Geometry, Statistics and Probability via these learning activities, in addition to the Mathematics Competency Tests [MCTs] (Pearson Education, 2015), study plans and Disposition Surveys [surveys]. I hope to demonstrate how relevant…

the domain of geometry, nevertheless cannot so conveniently be applied to these metaphysical matters we are discussing” ( 102). Descartes states as clear as water that is there is a vast difference present between Mathematics and Metaphysics in regards to the synthetic approach. Firstly, Descartes points out that the hostility and obscenity present in the synthetic approach is visible in the first principal of Metaphysics, although the hostility and obscenity in not present in Geometry…

the temple of Diospolis where he became a priest and performed rituals. He adapted many of the religious traditions and rules of the temple such as not eating beans or wearing animal skins. Here in Egypt Pythagoras was taught many of the math and geometry that makes him so famous today. When Persia invaded Egypt in 525 BC, Pythagoras fled and moved back to Greece and Samos. From there he studied law in Crete and later opened his own school in Croton. This school prospered and here he gained many…