HEART OF MATHEMATICS
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ISBN: 9781119760061
Author: Burger
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 4.3, Problem 19MS
A silver lining? (H) Consider the diagonal in the Golden Rectangle shown here and draw in the largest square possible. Notice that one edge of the square cuts the diagonal into two pieces. What is the ratio of the length of the entire diagonal to the length of the part of the diagonal that is inside the square? That is, compute the length of the entire diagonal divided by the length of the part of the diagonal that is inside the square. Surprised?
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Ch. 4.1 - The main event. State the Pythagorean Theorem.Ch. 4.1 - Two out of three. If a right triangle has legs of...Ch. 4.1 - Hypotenuse hype. If a right triangle has legs of...Ch. 4.1 - Assesing area. Suppose you know the base of a...Ch. 4.1 - Squares all around. How does the figure below...Ch. 4.1 - Operating on the triangle. Using a straightedge,...Ch. 4.1 - Excite your friends about right triangles....Ch. 4.1 - Easy as 1,2,3? Can there be a right triangle with...Ch. 4.1 - Sky high (S). On a sunny, warm day, a student...Ch. 4.1 - Sand masting (H). The sailboat named Sand Bug has...
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Below is a sketch of a...Ch. 4.7 - Are we there yet? Why does the information x=4 not...Ch. 4.7 - Plain places. Plot the following points in the...Ch. 4.7 - Big stack. If you take a huge number of sheets of...Ch. 4.7 - A bigger stack. If you take a huge number of...Ch. 4.7 - On the level in two dimensions. Pictured in the...Ch. 4.7 - On the level in two dimensions (S). Pictured in...Ch. 4.7 - On the level in four dimensions. Pictured in the...Ch. 4.7 - Tearible 2s. In the pictures below, describe how...Ch. 4.7 - Dare not to tear? For the figures in the Tearible...Ch. 4.7 - Unlinking (H). Using the fourth dimension,...Ch. 4.7 - Unknotting. Describe how you would unknot the...Ch. 4.7 - Prob. 13MSCh. 4.7 - Edgy hypercubes (H). Produce drawings of the...Ch. 4.7 - Prob. 15MSCh. 4.7 - Prob. 16MSCh. 4.7 - Doughnuts in dimensions. Suppose we have a...Ch. 4.7 - Assembly required (S). As promised in the...Ch. 4.7 - Slicing the cube. 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