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"EGINNING WITH A LONG STRIP OF PAPER YOU CAN MAKE A SERIES OF FOLDS THAT
RESULT IN A ROW OF TRIANGLES WITH AN INTERESTING PROPERTY
 #UT OUT A LONG STRIP OF PAPER WITH PARALLEL EDGES &OLD THE PAPER AT ANY ANGLE 4HEN UNFOLD IT
TO CREATE A TRANSVERSAL

 "ISECT THE OBTUSE ANGLE THAT WAS FORMED BY FOLDING THE PAPER SO THAT ONE EDGE LINES UP
WITH THE CREASE FROM THE FIRST FOLD 4HEN UNFOLD THE PAPER

 #ONTINUE TO FOLD THE STRIP IN THIS WAY ALTERNATELY FOLDING

UPWARD AND DOWNWARD TO CREATE A LONG ROW OF TRIANGLES
 7HAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE TRIANGLES AS YOU CONTINUE TO FOLD THE STRIP

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 !SIDE FROM THE FIRST FEW TRIANGLES WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLES DID YOU CREATE #LASSIFY THEM BY
THEIR SIDE LENGTHS AND ANGLE MEASURES

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 $OES THIS WORK FOR ANY STRIP OF PAPER AND ANY INITIAL FOLD 2EPEAT THE ACTIVITY WITH A STRIP OF
PAPER THAT HAS A DIFFERENT WIDTH AND MAKE AN INITIAL FOLD AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE 7HAT HAPPENS
THIS TIME

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V̈ۈÌÞÊÓ\Ê>Žˆ˜}Ê>ʏiÝ>}œ˜Ê5SE AFTER ,ESSON  

&LEXAGONS WERE DISCOVERED IN  WHEN A UNIVERSITY STUDENT NAMED
!RTHUR 3TONE WAS PLAYING WITH A STRIP OF PAPER TRIMMED FROM A NOTEBOOK
!S YOU WILL SEE A FLEXAGON IS A POLYGON MADE FROM FOLDED PAPER THAT
REVEALS DIFFERENT FACES WHEN IT IS hFLEXEDv
 5SE THE METHOD FROM !CTIVITY  TO MAKE A STRIP OF PAPER THAT IS DIVIDED INTO TEN EQUILATERAL
TRIANGLES #HECK THAT THE TRIANGLES ARE ALL CONGRUENT TO EACH OTHER (INT 4HE FIRST FEW
TRIANGLES IN THE STRIP PROBABLY WONT BE EQUILATERAL -AKE THE STRIP EXTRA LONG AND THEN CUT
OFF EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE TEN CONGRUENT TRIANGLES AT THE END OF THE STRIP
 ,ABEL THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE STRIP AS SHOWN
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 .OW YOU ARE READY TO FLEX YOUR FLEXAGON
0INCH TOGETHER TWO OF THE TRIANGLES AND PUSH IN
THE OPPOSITE SIDE SO THAT THE FLEXAGON LOOKS LIKE A 9 WHEN VIEWED FROM ABOVE 4HEN OPEN
YOUR FLEXAGON FROM THE CENTER 2EPEAT PINCHING TOGETHER A DIFFERENT PAIR OF TRIANGLES
 (OW WERE THE TWO SIDES OF THE FLEXAGON LABELED BEFORE YOU FLEXED IT THE FIRST TIME (OW
WERE THEY LABELED AFTER YOU FLEXED IT

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 (OW MANY DIFFERENT FRONT BACK COMBINATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ???????????????????

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