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Many constellationsare namedafter animals and mythologicalyour.figures. Ittakes some maginationto connect hepointsrepresentingthe starsso that the result isa recognizable iguresuch as Leo theLion. Thereare manydifferentwaysto connecthepoints.Howmanydifferent inescouldbe used o connectlltenpoints?Ten majorstarsmakeup theconstellationalled.LeoheLion.Work ingroupsof three. Makea table and look forapatterntoanswer he ollowingquestions1. Putthreepointsonacircle.Now connecthe threepointswithasmanyinesaspossible.ow many inesdoyouneed?2.Put ourpointson another ircle.Howmany inescanyoudrawconnectingourpoints?3. Repeat or fivepointson a circle andthenforsixpoints.How many linescanyoudraw toconnect hepoints?4.Usenductiveeasoning otellhowmany inesyoucoulddraw to connect hetenpointsof the constellationLeothe Lion.
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Since stars are so far away, heyappearquitesmall to us.We thinkof them aspointseventhough they arg actuallyquitelarge.Ingeometry,apointhas no size. Youcan thinkof itas a location. A'point isrepresented y a smalldot and isnamedby a capital etter.All geometriciguresare made up ofpoints.Space s the setof allpoints.
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Youcan think of a lineas a seriesofpointsthat extendsntwoopposite directions withoutend. Youcannamea lineby twopointson the line, suchasTE(read"lineAB").Anotherway toname a line is with asingle lowercase etter,such asine r.6.Open-endedDescribesomephysicalrepresentationsflines n the realworld.
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Aplaneis a flatsurface hat extendsnalldirections withoutend. It has nothickness.9.Open-ended Name threeobjects nyourclassroomhatrepresentlanes.Youcannameaplaneeitherbya singlecapital etteror bynamingat least hree noncollinear pointsin theplane.Inthe diagram,each surfaceof the icecubeis partof aplane.10.How many planesare suggestedy the surfacesf the icecube?11. Try ThisNametheplanerepresentedy the liontof the icecube n severalifferentways.Pointsand linesin thesameplaneare coplanar.l2.Try ThisNameapointhats coplanarwiththegivenpoints.a.E,F,Gb.B,C,Gc.A,D,Ed.D,C,G13.Try This Nametwo linesthar arecoplanar withIEandDC.pl*nePplaneABC
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Apostulates an accepted tatement f fact. You usedsome of thefollowinggeometrypostulatesn algebra.For example, whenyougraphedan equation such as!=-2x+8,youbeganbyplottingtwopointsand thenyoudrew thelinethrough those wopoints.Inalgebra,one way to solve the following systemof equations s tographthe two equations.!=-2x+8!=3x-7Asthegraphshows, he twolinesntersectat a singlepoint.(3,2).Thesolution to the systemof equations s-x=3,!=2. Thisillustr:atestheolowingpostulate.14.Open-endedDescribetwoplanesnyourclassroomhatintersect.Also describe heintersectionof theplanes.
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