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    Freddie has a formula to find the area of any polygon on a geoboard that consists of no pegs on the interior. Sally's shortcut was for any geoboard polygon with exactly four pegs. Frashy's problem was telling her the number of pegs it has on interior(Out) and how many pegs are on the boundary(In)

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    Freddie has a formula to find the area of any polygon on a geoboard that consists of no pegs on the interior. Sally's shortcut was for any geoboard polygon with exactly four pegs. Frashy's problem was telling her the number of pegs it has on interior(Out) and how many pegs are on the boundary(In)

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    Freddie has a formula to find the area of any polygon on a geoboard that consists of no pegs on the interior. Sally's shortcut was for any geoboard polygon with exactly four pegs. Frashy's problem was telling her the number of pegs it has on interior(Out) and how many pegs are on the boundary(In)

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    CountingthePegsPOW

    By:EvelynHernandez

    ProblemStatement:
    Freddie,SallyandFrashyallbelievethattheyhavethebest
    formula/shortcut.FreddieShortsaysthatheh

    Process:
    IstartedoffwithFreddiebecausehiswastheonethathadthesimplest
    andshortestone.Hehasaformulatofindtheareaofanypolygononageoboard
    thatconsistsofnopegsontheinterior.Idrewmyinnouttableandwithfourpegs
    Icreatedoneunitsquarewithzeroontheinterior.SofarmyincolumnIputwrote
    downafourbecauseittookfourpegstocreatethesquareunitandformyoutI
    saidonebecauseitmadeonesquareunitandisalsothearea.AsIwentonIwent
    biggerandbiggerandmynextanswerwouldbesix(In)andmyareawouldbetwo.
    Icontinuedthispatternanddiscoveredthatmyequationis
    y= 2x

    1.
    Thisequation

    ismostfittingbecauseifyoudividethex(whichistheIn)by2andminusthatby
    oneitgivesyouyournextanswer.Allthepolygonswereeithersquaresor
    rectangles.

    Sallysshortcutwasforanygeoboardpolygonwithexactlyfourpegsonboundary.
    AllIhadtofigureoutishowmanypegsareontheinterior.Whichwaspretty
    muchsimilartowhatFreddiewasaskingmetodo.InsteadoftheInsorxs
    representingpegsonboundaryitwasrepresentinghowmanywereontheinterior.
    ThefirstInIgotwasonebecausethatwaswhatwasontheinteriorandmyout
    waseightbecausethatwasonboundary.MynextInwastwo(againthatisthe
    amountofpegsontheinterior)andmyOutwasten.Icontinuedthispatternand
    theequationIgotwas
    2x+2=A.J
    ustlikeFreddie,mostofmypolygonsconsisted
    ofsquaresorpolygons.

    Frashysproblemwasalittlebitmoredifficultformebecauseitwasdifferent
    fromFreddiesandSallys.Frashysproblemwassayingthatifbymakinganytype
    ofpolygononageoboard,tellherthenumberofpegsithasoninterior(In)andthe
    numberofpegsonboundaryherformulashouldgivemethearea.SowhatIdid
    wasstartoffsmallofcourseandthenworkmywayupasIusuallydo.Ikindof

    basedmyfirstansweroffofwhatIdidwithFreddie.Iusedfourpegsonboundary
    tocreateonsquareunitwithnointerior.MyInwasfourbecauseIneededfour
    pegstocreatethesquareandmyOutwaszero.MynextoneInwassixandmyOut
    wasZero.IcontinuedthispatternandmyequationwasArea:(x/2+y)1.

    SelfAssessment:
    Ivementionedthisbefore,Iusedstartsmallasmyhabitofa
    mathematician.BecauseIstartedwiththesmallestanswerIcouldpossiblycreate.
    ThisPOWbyfarhasbeenoneofthemostchallengingformetoexplain.But
    Collaboratingandworkingwithmypeersdefinitelyhelpedmegetthroughit.I
    believeIdeservea8/10becauseIusedmytimewiselyinclasstogetthroughthe
    partsthatweredifficultforme.Istayedupprettylatetryingtofigureouthowto
    putmythoughtprocessintowordsandIwouldsayIdidprettygood.

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