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assignment #007

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15:21:39

`q001. Note that there are 7 questions in this assignment.

Sketch three points A, B and C forming an equilateral triangle on a piece of paper, with point A at the lower left-hand corner, point B at the lower right-hand corner and point C at the top. Sketch the segments AB and AC.

Now double the lengths of AB and AC, and place a point at each of the endpoints of these segments. Connect these new endpoints to form a new equilateral triangle. Two sides of this triangle will have three points marked while the new side will only have its two endpoints marked. Fix that by marking that middle point, so all three sides of your new triangle are marked the same.

How many marked points were there in the original triangle, and how many are there in the new triangle?

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The original triangle had three marked points, and the new triangle has 6 marked points.

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15:21:57

The original triangle had the three points A, B and C. When you extended the two sides you marked the new endpoints, then you marked the point in the middle of the third side. So you've got 6 points marked.

Click on 'Next Picture' to see the construction. The original points A, B and C are shown in red. The line segments from A to B and from A to C have been extended in green and points marked at the ends of these segments. The new endpoints have been connected to form the third side of a larger triangle, and an equally spaced point has been constructed at the midpoint of that side. Your figure should contain the three original points, plus the three points added when the new side was completed.

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OK

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15:24:21

`q002. Extend the two sides that meet at A by distances equal to the distance original lengths AC and AB and mark the endpoints of the newly extended segments. Each of the newly extended sides will have 4 marked points. Now connect the new endpoints to form a new right triangle. Mark points along the new side at the same intervals that occur on the other two sides. How many marked points are on your new triangle, and how many in the whole figure?

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The new triangle has 3 points, and the whole figure has 8.

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15:25:28

You added the two new endpoints when you extended the sides. You then should have marked two new points on the new third side, so that each side contains 4 points including its endpoints. Your figure will now contain 10 marked points.

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This was a bit confusing; I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong.

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15:26:29

`q003. Continue the process for another step-extend each side by a distance equal to the original point-to-point distance. How many points do you have in the new triangle?

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12

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15:27:19

You will add an endpoint to each newly extended side, so each of the new sides will contain 5 points. You will then have to add 3 equally spaced points to the new side, giving you a total of 13 points on the new triangle. In addition there are two marked points inside the triangle, for a total of 15 points.

Click on 'Next Picture' to see the construction. The line segments along two sides of the triangle have again been extended and points marked at the ends of these segments. The new endpoints have been connected to form the third side of a larger triangle, and equally spaced points have been constructed along that side.

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I extended the lines in the wrong direction, through point A, that's why I wasn't getting the proper construction.

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15:28:22

`q004. Continue the process for one more step. How many points do you have in the new triangle?

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21

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15:28:26

You will add an endpoint to each newly extended side, so each of the new sides will contain 6 points. You will then have to add 4 equally spaced points to the new side, giving you a total of 15 points on the new triangle. There are also 5 marked points inside the triangle for a total of 21 marked points.

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OK

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15:28:52

`q005. The sequence of marked points is 3, 6, 10, 15, 21. What do expect will be the next number in this sequence?

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28

I figured you would get on track. Looks good.

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15:28:56

The differences between these numbers are 3, 4, 5, 6. The next difference, according to this pattern, should be 7, which would make the next number 28.

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OK

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15:29:31

`q006. How can you tell, in terms of the process you used to construct these triangles, that the next number should be 7 greater?

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There were six points in the last new line constructed, and each time the number of points increases by one.

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15:29:37

When you extend the triangle again, you will add two new endpoints and each side will now have 7 points. The 7 points on the new triangle will be all of the new points.

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OK

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15:30:20

`q007. How do you know this sequence will continue in this manner?

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Each time you know you will add two end-points and that the number of points in between those endpoints will increase by one with each new line.

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15:30:26

Each time you extend the triangle, each side increases by 1. All the new marked points are on the new side, so the total number of marked points will increase by 1 more than with the previous extension.

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OK

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