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    Just Count the pegs 3 kids are trying to find a shortcut to find the area of a polygon on a peg board. Freddie short's formula is? make a. Polygon on the board with no pegs on the interior, and count the square, to. Get the area. Sally shorter thinks that the more pegs. On the inside of the polygon, will give more area. Her IN+OUT would be the same as freddie be the

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    Just Count the pegs 3 kids are trying to find a shortcut to find the area of a polygon on a peg board. Freddie short's formula is? make a. Polygon on the board with no pegs on the interior, and count the square, to. Get the area. Sally shorter thinks that the more pegs. On the inside of the polygon, will give more area. Her IN+OUT would be the same as freddie be the

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    RyanHromadka

    Math
    POW6

    JustCountthePegs
    Threekidsaretryingtofindashortcuttofindtheareaofapolygononapegboard.
    Freddieshortsformulaismakeapolygonontheboardwithnopegsontheinterior,andcount
    thesquare,togetthearea.HisINandOUTtablewouldbe

    Sallyshorterthinksthatthemorepegsontheinsideofthepolygon,will
    givemorearea.HerIN+OUTwouldbethesameasFreddiebetheINis#
    ofinsidepegs.

    Frashythinksthatifyouhaveapolygonandcountbothinandouterior
    pegsyouwillgetabetterarea.HerINandOUTwillhavetwoINsandone
    OUT,oneINforinteriorandoneforouterior.

    Process
    SofirstImadethepolygonsandtheIN+OUTtables.Pleaselookatpaperforthe
    polygons,andthetables,alsolookbelow.[blueisfred,redissally,andgreenisfrashy]
    IN

    OUT

    IN

    OUT

    IN

    IN

    OUT

    10

    10

    10

    12

    12

    14

    14

    16

    16

    18

    18

    20

    20

    Solution
    Ithenaskedaround,andgothelptofineequations.Idontreallyknowhowtoexplainthe
    equationthroughadoc.sopleasegivemealittleslack.

    FreddieA=x/21
    SallyX*2+2=A
    ForFrashyO=interior,I=Interior
    FrashyO/21+I=A

    ForfreddieifyoulookforapatternyoucanseethatifyouputanynumberfortheIN,and
    divideby2andsubtractbyoneyouwillgetanumberthatfitswiththepattern.
    ThesameforSallyandFrashy.
    Extension
    AextensionIthoughtofistofirstcreatethebiggestpolygonpossible,andthenfollowtherulesof
    the3kids.Youcanonlyusebigpolygons,nomorenoless.

    Selfassessment
    IfeellikeIshouldgeta78becauseit'sreallyhardtoexplainsomeofthisstuffonadoc.Ialso
    triedmybest,anddontknowwhatelsetodo.

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