Shapes and Their Equations: Experimentation with Desmos

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  • Christopher Simon Iobst Columbus Academy

Abstract

The author explores common polygons---squares, triangles, trapezoids---and uses the free online grapher, Desmos, to derive single equations that generate the shapes. Throughout, the author discribes his inquiry-based approaches---the trials and errors he employs in his eventual discovery of various shape-generating equations.

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2018-06-14

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Iobst, C. S. (2018). Shapes and Their Equations: Experimentation with Desmos. Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, 79(1). Retrieved from https://ohiomathjournal.org/index.php/OJSM/article/view/6367

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