RoxanaTinoco

Math329
Dr.Deka
1.2.2HomeworkConstructions

1(a).RecreateEuclidsproofusingcompassandstraightedgeonpaper.

(b.)RecreateEuclidsproofusingGeogebra.

Triangle1
(e.)Isthissomethingwhichyoumightdowithyourstudents?
Iwouldpersonallydothiswithmystudents.Notonlywouldstudentslearnhowgeogebra
works,buttheywouldalsolearnthatfromsimplepropertiesonecancreateothershapes.

2.Square1

BystartingwithEuclidsProposition1,startingwithaline(AB)andcreatingthecircles,Iwas
abletocreateverticalperpendicularlinesfrompointBandpointA,Ithenproceededtocreate
twopointstangenttothecirclespointCandpointD.Thisallowedmetocreateahorizontal
perpendicularlinefrompointC,andendupwithanequilateralsquare.
A
Saccherisquare
isclearlyshownontheconstructionitsaquadrilateralthathas3equalsides
and2rightangles.
SegmentABinthiscasehasaradiusof4units.SincepointAisthecenterpointofcircle
ABD,thatmakessegmentADalso4units(radiusaswell).SameforsegmentBC.
Therefore,segmentsAB,AD,andBCareallequalsides.Inaddition,twoperpendicular
lineswerecreatedfrompointAandB,thuscreating90angles.
A
Lambertsquare
wasalsocreatedinthemakingofsquare1aquadrilateralthathas2equal
sidesand3rightangles.
FromEuclidsProposition1.postulate3anddefinition15,segmentsABandADare
equal.ThuscreatingverticalperpendicularlinesfrompointAandBtwo90angles
werecreated.ThencreatingahorizontalperpendicularlinefrompointCcreatesanother
90anglesatisfyingaLambertSquare.

A
Rightanglerhombus
,isalsoshowninthepictureaboveaquadrilateralthathas4equal
sidesand1rightangle.
AgainreferringbacktoEuclidsProposition1,postulate3anddefinition15,segmentAB
isequaltosegmentsADandAC.ThusmakingsegmentDCequaltosegmentAB.
HorizontalperpendicularlinefrompointAcreatesarightangle.

Isthisanissue?Dontwehaveasquareregardless?
Ibelievethatregardlessifafigurelookslikeaperfectquadrilateralonecannotbesurethatitis
alwaysasquare.Forexampleifwehavearightanglerhombuswithonlyonerightangle,andall
foursidesbeingequal,onecannotbesurethattheotherthreeanglesplustherightanglewilladd
upto360.SamethingiswehadaLamberoraSaccherisquare.

3.Midpointquadrilateral

StartingwithalinesegmentAB,andthenproceedingintoconstructingsegmentsBC,CD,and
DA,Iwasabletocreatea4x4unitssquare.Ithenproceededtousethemidpointorcenter
featureIwasabletolocatethemidpointsofthelines.ThenIconnectedthemidpointscreating
segmentsEH,HF,FG,andGE.
2

AreaofsquareABCD:A= S
2
A=(4)
=16units
2
2
2
Usingpythagoreantheorem: a
+b
=c

2 2
2

2+2
=c

2
4+4=c

2
8=c

8 =c

AreaofsquareEHFG:A= c

A= (8) 2

A=8units
AsIstatedinthefirsthomeworktheinnerquadrilateral,inthiscasebeingsquareEHFG,ishalf
oftheouterquadrilateralABCD.TotalareaofsquareABCDis16units,whereasthetotalarea
ofsquareEHFGis8units.

4.Possibilitiesofthirdvertex

Thepossibilitiesforathirdvertexasyoucanseevary.Sixofthepossiblevertexeswerefoundin
theclassroom.Allofthissixcoordinatesweretheresultofthreecoordinates,andtheirreflection
aboutthexaxis.Theclassasawholewasabletofindthecoordinateof(6, 23 ),whichmade

anequilateraltriangle.Usingthedistanceformulaastudentwasabletofindthispoint.andsince
thequestionaskedforallpossiblethirdvertexpoints,anotherpossiblevertexwas(6, 23 ),
whichwasonlyareflectionofthefirstpointfoundaboutthexaxis.Alsobyusingthe
pythagoreantheorem,usingtheinformationalreadygiven,andusingsubstitution,theclasswas
abletofindfourothercoordinates:(4,3),(4,3),(8,3),and(8,3).Againusingtwopointsand
theirreflectionaboutthexaxis.ThefinaltwopointsthatIwasabletofindwere(5,3.38)and(7,
3.38)andtheirreflectionsaboutthexaxisagaintomakethem(5,3.38)and(7,3.38).Theway
Isolveditwasusingthepythagoreantheorem,andaddingupthesidestofitthegivenperimeter
of12units,usingtrialanderror.ThewayIapproacheditwasIlookedatthedrawingIhadandI
assumedthatthereshouldbeavertexpointineverynumberbetween4and8(thexaxis).Form
thereIguessednumbers,andeventuallyfoundthat3.38worked.Iknowthattherecouldbemore
possiblevertexpointsbothcoordinatesbeingdecimalsthatcouldpossiblyadduptothe
perimeterof12units,butIwouldnotknowhowtoapproachit.Trialanderrorwouldsimply
taketoolong.Thevertexthatwouldproducethelargestareawouldbethevertexwiththe
highestycoordinate.TheformulaoftheareaofatriangleisA=()bh,andthebasewouldbe4
inallcasesforthisproblem,thenwewouldneedabignumberfortheheight,sothatwhenitis
dividedby()thelargestareawillberevealed.Forthisspecificexamplethehighestvertexwas
(6, 23 ),withthetotalareabeingapproximately6.928squareunits.