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INDEX
INDEX
NO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. CONTENT INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 FUTHER EXPLORATION CONCLUSION REFLECTION PAGE 2-3 4-5 6-8 9-14 15-21 22-25 26-36 37-40 41-42 43-44
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
After a week of struggle and hard work to complete assignment given to us by our teacher, Puan Che Gayah, I finally did it within a week with satisfaction and senses of success because I have understood more deeply about the interest and investment more than before. I am very grateful and thankful to all parties who has helped me in the process of completing my assignment. It was a great experience for me as I have learnt to be more independent. For this, I would like to take this opportunity to express my thankfulness once again to all parties concerned. Firstly, I would like to thank my Additional Mathematics teacher, Puan Che Gayah for patiently explained to us the proper and precise way to complete this assignment. With her help and guidance, many problems I have encountered had been solved. Besides that, I would like to thank my parents for all their support and encouragement that have been given to me. In addition, my parents had given me guidance in the methods to account for investment which have greatly enhanced my knowledge on particular area. Last but not least, I would like to express my thankfulness to my fellow friends, who have patiently explained to me and together with me completing this project.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
Every student taking Additional Mathematics is required to carry out a project work while they are in form 5. For this year, the Curriculum Development Division, Ministry of Education has prepared several tasks. Students are to choose and complete only ONE task based on their area of interest. Upon completion of the project, it is hoped that students will gain valuable experiences and able to: a) Apply and adapt a variety if problem-solving strategies to solve routine and non-routine
problems. b) Experience classroom environment which are challenging, interesting and meaningful and
hence improve their thinking skills. c) Experience classroom environment where knowledge and skills are applied in meaningful
ways in solving real-life problems. d) Experience classroom environment where expressing ones mathematical thinking,
reasoning and communication are highly encouraged and expected. e) f) Experience classroom environment that stimulates and enhances effective learning. Acquire effective mathematical communication through oral and writing, and to use the
language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas correctly and precisely. g) Enhance acquisition of mathematical knowledge and skills through problem-solving ways
ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 h) i) Prepare students for demands of their future undertakings and in workplace. Realise that mathematics is an important and powerful tool in solving real-life problems and
hence develop positive attitude towards mathematics. j) Train them not only to be independent learners but also to collaborate, to cooperate and to
share knowledge in an engaging and healthy environment. k) l) Use technology especially the ICT appropriately and effectively. Train them to appreciate the intrinsic values of mathematics and to become more creative
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
In geometry a polygon is a flat shape consisting of straight lines that are joined to form a closed chain or circuit. A polygon is traditionally a plane figure that is bounded by a closed path, composed of a finite sequence of straight line segments (i.e., by a closed polygonal chain). These segments are called its edges or sides, and the points where two edges meet are the polygon's vertices (singular: vertex) or corners. An n-gon is a polygon with n sides. The interior of the polygon is sometimes called its body. A polygon is a 2-dimensional example of the more general polytope in any number of dimensions. The word "polygon" derives from the Greek (pols) "much", "many" and (gna) "corner" or "angle". (The word gnu, with a short o, is unrelated and means "knee".) Today a polygon is more usually understood in terms of sides. The basic geometrical notion has been adapted in various ways to suit particular purposes. Mathematicians are often concerned only with the closed polygonal chain and with simple polygons which do not self-intersect, and may define a polygon accordingly. Geometrically two edges meeting at a corner are required to form an angle that is not straight (180); otherwise, the line segments will be considered parts of a single edge however mathematically, such corners may sometimes be allowed. In fields relating to computation, the term polygon has taken on a slightly altered meaning derived from the way the shape is stored and manipulated in computer graphics (image generation).
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 HISTORY Polygons have been known since ancient times. The regular polygons were known to the ancient Greeks, and the pentagram, a non-convex regular polygon (star polygon), appears on the vase of Aristophonus, Caere, dated to the 7th century B.C.[citation needed] Non-convex polygons in general were not systematically studied until the 14th century by Thomas Bradwardine. In 1952, Geoffrey Colin Shephard generalized the idea of polygons to the complex plane, where each real dimension is accompanied by an imaginary one, to create complex polygons.
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 ANGLES OF POLYGON Any polygon, regular or irregular, self-intersecting or simple, has as many corners as it has sides. Each corner has several angles. The two most important ones are: Interior angle The sum of the interior angles of a simple n-gon is (n2) radians or
(n2)180 degrees. This is because any simple n-gon can be considered to be made up of (n 2) triangles, each of which has an angle sum of radians or 180 degrees. The measure of any interior angle of a convex regular n-gon is radians or degrees. The interior angles of regular star polygons were first studied by Poinsot, in the same paper in which he describes the four regular star polyhedra. Exterior angle Tracing around a convex n-gon, the angle "turned" at a corner is the
exterior or external angle. Tracing all the way around the polygon makes one full turn, so the sum of the exterior angles must be 360. This argument can be generalized to concave simple polygons, if external angles that turn in the opposite direction are subtracted from the total turned. Tracing around an n-gon in general, the sum of the exterior angles (the total amount one rotates at the vertices) can be any integer multiple d of 360, e.g. 720 for a pentagram and 0 for an angular "eight", where d is the density or starriness of the polygon. The exterior angle is the supplementary angle to the interior angle. From this the sum of the interior angles can be easily confirmed, even if some interior angles are more than 180: going clockwise around, it means that one sometime turns left instead of right, which is counted as turning a negative amount. (Thus we consider something like the winding number of the orientation of the sides, where at every vertex the contribution is between 12 and 12 winding.)
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 POLYGONS IN NATURE Numerous regular polygons may be seen in nature. In the world of geology, crystals have flat faces, or facets, which are polygons. Quasicrystals can even have regular pentagons as faces. Another fascinating example of regular polygons occurs when the cooling of lava forms areas of tightly packed hexagonal columns of basalt, which may be seen at the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, or at the Devil's Postpile in California. The most famous hexagons in nature are found in the animal kingdom. The wax honeycomb made by bees is an array of hexagons used to store honey and pollen, and as a secure place for the larvae to grow. There also exist animals who themselves take the approximate form of regular polygons, or at least have the same symmetry. For example, sea stars display the symmetry of a pentagon or, less frequently, the heptagon or other polygons. Other echinoderms, such as sea urchins, sometimes display similar symmetries. Though echinoderms do not exhibit exact radial symmetry, jellyfish and comb jellies do, usually fourfold or eightfold. Radial symmetry (and other symmetry) is also widely observed in the plant kingdom, particularly amongst flowers, and (to a lesser extent) seeds and fruit, the most common form of such symmetry being pentagonal. A particularly striking example is the star fruit, a slightly tangy fruit popular in Southeast Asia, whose cross-section is shaped like a pentagonal star. Moving off the earth into space, early mathematicians doing calculations using Newton's law of gravitation discovered that if two bodies (such as the sun and the earth) are orbiting one another, there exist certain points in space, called Lagrangian points, where a smaller body (such as an asteroid or a space station) will remain in a stable orbit. The sun-earth system has five Lagrangian points. The two most stable are exactly 60 degrees ahead and behind the earth in its
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 orbit; that is, joining the center of the sun and the earth and one of these stable Lagrangian points forms an equilateral triangle. Astronomers have already found asteroids at these points. It is still debated whether it is practical to keep a space station at the Lagrangian point although it would never need course corrections, it would have to frequently dodge the asteroids that are already present there. There are already satellites and space observatories at the less stable Lagrangian points.
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The Egyptian Pyramids are ancient pyramid-shape masonry structures located in Egypt.
Contemporary Home Design in polygon-shaped with marvelous panorama at the Pittman Dowell Residence
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Rectangular-shaped bricks.
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Pentagon-shaped tiles.
Trapezium-shaped house.
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q(m)
140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60
(degree)
38.21 49.58 55.77 58.99 60.00 58.99 55.77 49.58 38.21
Area(m)
2597.89 3463.97 3968.57 4242.53 4330.13 4242.53 3968.57 3463.97 2597.89
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Rectangle
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= 300 m = 150 m
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Regular Pentagon
tan
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Regular Hexagon
tan
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Regular Octagon
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Regular Decagon
tan tan
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Common names in Southeast Asia are Misai Kucing (Malaysia), Kumis Kucing and Remujung (Indonesia), and Yaa Nuat Maeo (Thailand). The scientific names are Orthosiphon stamineus Benth, Ocimum aristatum BI and Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume).
Medicinal Uses Orthosiphon is used for treating the ailments of the kidney, since it has a mild diuretic effect. It is also claimed to have anti-allergenic, anti-hypertensive and anti-inflammatory properties, and is commonly used for kidney stones and nephritis. Orthosiphon is sometimes used to treat gout, diabetes, hypertension and rheumatism. It is reportedly effective for anti-fungal and antibacterial purposes.
How To Cure In Malaysia, people eat the leaves raw. They take a few leaves, heat them with water to make the water bitter, and then mix it with tea bags.
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 Research Orthosiphon began to interest researchers early in the 20th century, when it was introduced to Europe as a popular herbal health tea.
Commercial products Orthosiphon is available in many products treating for detoxification, water retention, hypertension, obesity or kidney stones. It comes in tablets, capsules, tea sachets, bottled drinks, raw herbs, dried leaves or extracts.
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Uses Extract from these herbs is usually ground into powder substances and are made into capsules and pills. A concoction made from boiling the plant in water is given to women in labour to hasten delivery of their babies. After childbirth, it may still be consumed by mothers to regain their strength. In other medicinal preparations, it can treat gonorrhoea, dysentery and eliminate excessive gas in the body.
Traditionally, it is used in Borneo for enhancing vitality, overcome tiredness and help to tone vaginal muscles for women.
Helps establish a regular menstrual cycle when periods fail to appear for reasons like stress, illness or when the pill is discontinued
Prevents cramping, water retention and irritability for those with painful periods.
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Balances, builds and harmonizes the female reproductive system to encourage healthy conception
Supports healthy vaginal flora to prevent irritation and infections. Alleviates fatigue, smooths menopausal symptoms and promote emotional well being. Prolong energy during Playtime. Helps to solve the problems related to constipation Tightens vaginal skin and walls. Anti-dysmenorrhoea; cleansing and avoiding painful or difficult menstruation Anti-flatulence, drive away and prevent the formation of gas. Firming and toning of abdominal muscles.
As the plant contains phytoestrogen, it is not to be taken by pregnant women and periods of menstruation.
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Growth Eurycoma longifolia is a small, evergreen tree growing to 15 m (49 ft) tall with spirally arranged, pinnate leaves 2040 cm (816 inches) long with 1341 leaflets. The flowers are dioecious, with male and female flowers on different trees; they are produced in large panicles, each flower with 56 very small petals. The fruit is green ripening dark red, 12 cm long and 0.51 cm broad.
Products Fake Eurycoma longifolia products have been pulled off the shelves in several countries but are still sold over the Internet, mostly shipped from the UK. In a medical journal article, published March 2010, it was noted
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 that "estimates place the proportion of counterfeit medications sold over the Internet from 44% to 90%" with remedies for sexual dysfunction accounting for the greatest share. It is therefore recommended that buyers of Eurycoma longifolia request from Internet vendors conclusive information, and proof, on the facilities where a product has been manufactured.
In Malaysia, the common use of Eurycoma longifolia as a food and drink additive, coupled with a wide distribution of products using cheaper synthetic drugs in lieu of Eurycoma longifolia quassinoids, has led to the invention of an electronic tongue to determine the presence and concentration of genuine Eurycoma longifolia in products claiming to contain it.
On the other hand, consumers who lack the sophisticated electronic tongue equipment invented in Malaysia for testing the presence of Eurycoma longifolia, but want more clarity on whether the product they obtained is indeed Eurycoma longifolia or a fake, can use their own tongue to taste the content of capsules for the bitterness of the material. Quassinoids, the biologically active components of Eurycoma longifolia root, are extremely bitter. They are named after quassin, the long-isolated bitter principle of the quassia tree. Quassin is regarded the bitterest substance in nature, 50 times more bitter than quinine. Anything that isn't bitter, and strongly so, cannot contain quassinoids from Eurycoma longifolia .
In the US, the FDA has banned numerous products such as Libidus, claiming to use Eurycoma longifolia as principal ingredient, but which instead are concoctions designed around illegal prescription drugs, or even worse, analogues of prescription drugs that have not even been tested for safety in humans, such as acetildenafil. In February 2009, the FDA warned against almost 30 illegal sexual enhancement supplements, but the names of these products change quicker than the FDA can investigate them. Libidus, for example, is now sold as Maxidus, still
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 claiming Eurycoma longifolia (tongkat ali) as principal ingredient. The government of Malaysia has banned numerous fake products which use drugs like sildenafil citrate instead of tongkat ali in their capsules. To avoid being hurt by bad publicity on one product name, those who sell fake tongkat ali from Malaysia have resorted to using many different names for their wares. Products claiming various Eurycoma longifolia extract ratios of 1:20, 1:50, 1:100, and 1:200 are sold. Traditionally Eurycoma longifolia is extracted with water and not ethanol. However, the use of selling Eurycoma longifolia extract based on extraction ratio may be confusing and is not easily verifiable.
In expectation of a competitive edge, some manufacturers are claiming standardization of their extract based on specific ingredients. Alleged standards / markers are the glycosaponin content (3545%) and eurycomanone (>2%). While eurycomanone is one of many quassinoids in Eurycoma longifolia, saponins, known in ethnobotany primarily as fish poison played no role in the academic research on the plant.
A large number of Malaysian Eurycoma longifolia products (36 out of 100) have been shown to be contaminated with mercury beyond legally permitted limits.
Herbal Nutrition
Increase strength of the body. Help to stimulate the production of testosterone that is one of the important hormones for male.
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The new Library & Learning Center rises as a polygonal block from the centre of the new University campus. The LLCs design takes the form of a cube with both inclined and straight edges. The straight lines of the buildings exterior separate as they move inward, becoming curvilinear and fluid to generate a free-formed interior canyon that serves as the central public plaza of the centre. All the other facilities of the LLC are housed within a single volume that also divides, becoming two separate ribbons that wind around each other to enclose this glazed gathering space. The Center comprises a Learning Center with workplaces, lounges and cloakrooms, library, a language laboratory, training classrooms, administration offices, study services and central supporting services, copy shop, book shop, data center, cafeteria, event area, clubroom and auditorium.
Vienna, Austria 2008 2012 28000 m2 Gross Area: 42000 m Length: 136m Width: 76m Height: 30m (5 Floors) Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
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The project is a residence for two artists. Located 15 miles north of Los Angeles at the edge of Angeles forest, the site encompasses 6 acres of land originally planned as a hillside subdivision of houses designed by Richard Neutra. Three level pads were created but only one house was built, the 1952 Serulnic Residence. The current owners have over the years developed an extensive desert garden and outdoor pavilion on one of the unbuilt pads. The new residence, to be constructed on the last level area, is circumscribed by the sole winding road which ends at the Serulnic house.
Five decades after the original house was constructed in this remote area, the city has grown around it and with it the visual and physical context has changed. In a similar way, the evolving contemporary needs of the artists required a new relationship between building and landscape that is more urban and contained. Inspired by geometric arrangements of interlocking polygons, the new residence takes the form of a heptagonal figure whose purity is confounded by a series of intersecting diagonal slices though space.
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The Casa da Musica is situated on a travertine plaza, between the city's historic quarter and a working-class neighborhood, adjacent to the Rotunda da Boavista. The square is no longer a mere hinge between the old and the new Porto, but becomes a positive encounter of two different models of the city. The chiseled sculptural form of the white concrete shell houses the main 1,300 seat concert hall, a small 350 seat hall, rehearsal rooms, and recording studios for the Oporto National Orchestra. A terrace carved out of the sloping roofline and huge cut-out in the concrete skin connects the building to city. Stairs lead from the ground level plaza to the foyer where a second staircase continues to the Main Hall and the different levels above. Heavy concrete beams crisscross the huge light well above. The main auditorium, shaped like a simple shoebox, is enclosed at both ends by two layers of corrugated glass walls. The glass, corrugated for optimal acoustics and sheer beauty, brings diffused daylight into the auditorium. The structural heart of the building is formed by four massive walls that extend from the base to the roof and connect the tilted external walls with the core of the structure.
Porto, Portugal 22.000 square meters 2005 Concert Hall Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon
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CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION
Polygons tend to be studied in the first few years of school, as an introduction to basic geometry and mathematics. But after doing research, answering questions, completing table and some problem solving, I found that the usage of polygons is important in our daily life.
It is not just widely used in fashion design but also in other fields especially in building of modern structures. The triangle, for instance, is often used in construction because its shape makes it comparatively strong. The use of the polygon shape reduces the quantity of materials needed to make a structure, so essentially reduces costs and maximizes profits in a business environment. Another polygon is the rectangle. The rectangle is used in a number of applications, due to the fact our field of vision broadly consists of a rectangle shape. For instance, most televisions are rectangles to allow for easy and comfortable viewing. The same can be said for photo frames and mobile phones screens. In conclusion, polygon is a daily life necessity. Without it, mans creativity will be limited. Therefore, we should be thankful of the people who contribute in the idea of polygon.
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REFLECTION
While I conducting this project, a lot of information that I found. I have learnt how polygons appear in our daily life. Apart from that, this project encourages the student to work together and share their knowledge. It is also encourage student to gather information from the internet, improve thinking skills and promote effective mathematical communication. Not only that, I had learned some moral values that I practice. This project had taught me to responsible on the works that are given to me to be completed. This project also had made me felt more confidence to do works and not to give easily when we could not find the solution for the question. I also learned to be more discipline on time, which I was given about a month to complete this project and pass up to my teacher just in time. I also enjoy doing this project I spend my time with friends to complete this project and it had tighten our friendship. Last but not least, I proposed this project should be continue because it brings a lot of moral value to the student and also test the students understanding in Additional Mathematics.
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