Sierpinski Gasket (Problems 9 – 13)

Draw a Sierpinski Gasket after three steps (10 pts). Step 0 is the Seed Triangle.

Complete the following table (8 pts).

# of triangles Total area

Area of each Area of “Gasket”
removed at this removed this
removed triangle after this step
step step
S Q
R T
Start 0 0 0 1
Step 1 1 ¼ ¼ ¾
Step 2
Step 3

Explain the Chaos Game and how it relates to the Sierpinski Gasket. (5 pts).

What does the area of a Sierpinski Gasket equal after an infinite number of stages? (5
pts).

What is self-similarity? (5 pts.)