Loose Ends
All of you should be reading the comments posted this week. You may comment on them and improve upon them, if necessary. Each of you needs a comment of substance!
The Pythagorean Theorem printouts are due Thursday. If you worked in pairs, you may submit one printout with individual rubrics.
Vertex is the singular of vertices, e.g. A right triangle has three vertices and the legs are perpendicular at a vertex.
I am looking forward to seeing your three online problems. Several students have asked for and received hints.
TEST ON FRIDAY!
6 comments:
Hi Mrs. Burke!
I still think about the question I asked you once. The question was "Does the set of all sets that do not contain themselves contain itself?" A set can contain itself, for example, the set of variable A=(A, B, C), pretend the parenthases is the other weird grouping symbbol. Then set A contains itself. So, if the set of all sets that do not contain themselves contain itself, it's a set that doesn't contain itself but somehow must because since it doesn't contain itself, the whole big set is part of the set, that is, it is ontains itself, but it still doesn't. It's hard to explain in words, and I think I'm confusing myself, but somehow I get it.
This was really wordy, I know! :)
-wiesej
P.S.: does this count as my comment of substance?
Q1
Yes our triangle always stays a right triangle. It stays a right triangle because of the step where you created the perpendicular line. The triangle can change size but the triangle can't change the shape of the triangle.
-Frank
Q2
A and B, the legs of the triangle behave the same. When you pull on either point you can change the size of the shape. You can;t change the shape of the triangle.
-Frank
Is the vertex example you gave what we should have on our Pythagorean Theorem page, or what we should include in our comments?
~kes
Hey Mrs. Burke,
Here are my answers to questions Q1 and Q2.
Q1: My triangle always stays the same no matter how you move it. The step in our construction that guarnteed this was making a perpendicular to AB through B. Our right triangle can be every size but it can not change shape.
Q2: A and B behaved the same. When you drag either of them the triangle changes size. No points change the shape of the triangle.
Hey Mrs. Burke!
I just finished the progress self test (haven't checked it yet) and I think my pace is good. I took 32 minutes and 19 seconds.
If I study a bit more, I think I'll be ready.
Are we allowed to use calculators?
-wiesej
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