Category Archives: Geometry

Trigonometry – Labeling Triangles

Image Source: http://tributehomes.com.au Triangles are a key feature of the Architecture of Buildings. Here is a building which contains many triangles. Image Source: http://www.infoteli.com The building is in Eindhove Holland and is called ‘De Blob’. It forms the Admirant Building … Continue reading

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Similar Triangles Applications

Image Source: http://www.howitworksdaily.com A powerful Zoom lens for a 35mm camera can be very expensive, because it actually contains a number of highly precise glass lenses, which need to be moved by a tiny motor into very exact positions as … Continue reading

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Geometry in the Animal Kingdom

Image Source: http://scienceblogs.com The above photo is of the South African “Weaver Bird”. Weaver Birds are small bright colored yellow birds, which Passy saw first hand while taking a crocodiles tour at St Lucia. As their name suggests, they create … Continue reading

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Similar Triangles

Image Source: www.ebay.com Similar Triangles turn up in the strangest of places, even in Jewellery made from crystals of the gem stone “Tourmaline”. Images Sourced from Google Images In this lesson we look at the nature of similar figures, concentrating … Continue reading

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Congruent Triangles

Image Source: http://resources3.news.com.au Identical Twins have the exact same size and shape, and we instantly recognise that the two of them are exactly the same. When two items have the exact same size and shape, we say that they are … Continue reading

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