Thursday, April 14, 2016

POTW #30 - Co-ordinate Geometry

There were mostly correct answers provided in POTW #29. Out of the first 160 beads, there were in fact 50 blue beads. If you obtained a different answer, try to see how and where you may have errored.

POTW #30 is below:

11 comments:

  1. I did my work hard copy but I did retrieve an answer of 25 units squared for the area of square ABCD.

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  2. Square ABCD is 25cm2
    I used the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of one side of the square (i.e line segment AB)
    I know a pythgoran triangle can have angles 3 4 and 5, meaning that AB is 5.
    The area of a square is length times width so 5x5.
    Therefore the area is 25cm2

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  3. I did my work hard copy and got 25 units for the area of the square.

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  4. 3x3 = 9
    4x4 = 12
    12+9=21
    square root =4.58 = 5 rounded x 2 = 25

    The area of the square is 25 units.

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  5. My work was done hard copy, obtaining the answer of 25 units squared.

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  6. Square ABCD has an area of 25 units squared, hard copy.

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  7. First I used the pythagorean theorem to find the line segment BC.
    4x4=16
    3x3=9
    9+16=25
    x*x=25
    x=5
    5x5=25
    5units is the side length.
    5x5=25.
    The area is 25 units squared.

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  8. 3 x 3 = 9
    4 x 4 = 16
    9 + 12 = 21
    Square root of 21 = 4.58 (Rounded up to 5)
    5 units = side length of square.
    5 X 5 = 25
    The area of square ABCD is 25 squared units.

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  9. I did it hard copy and found that the square was 25 units squared

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  10. I did it hard copy. the area of square ABCD is 25 units squared.

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  11. I used the pythagorean theorem to find line segment to find line segment BC
    4^2 = 16
    3^3 = 9
    16+9= 25
    BC^2= 25
    BC=5
    BC* AB = area of square and since it's a square BC and AB are the same so it's really:
    5*5= 25
    the area of the square is 25 units squared.

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