Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Squaring a Convex Polygon

This applet constructs a triangle with an area equal to the area of any convex polygon ABCDEF. The applet Squaring a Triangle shows how any triangle can be transformed to a square with an equal area. The combination of these two constructions shows how to square any convex polygon.

  • Click on point F.
  • Drag F to the right as far as it can go.
  • Repeat these two steps three times, until the triangle is constructed.
To repeat the construction,  press the "Reset" button or click again on the vertex F of the triangle.




Author: Irina Boyadzhiev   The Ohio State University at Lima
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Posted by Irina Boyadzhiev at 7:17 AM
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2 comments:

  1. lionFebruary 1, 2012 at 2:42 AM

    Write a procedure that takes two arguments sides,lengt hand representing the number of sides of polygon and length of each side.

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  2. Irina BoyadzhievFebruary 4, 2012 at 9:38 AM

    Thanks lion.
    This is a good idea. I will see what I can do.

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