Animation 80: Parallelogram and Vectors

Animation 80: Parallelogram and Vectors
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2016-06-27 11:21
This example demonstrates the construction of a parallelogram and its relationship with vectors through animation. Key math concepts include vectors, two-dimensional space, random experiments, cuboids, scatter plots, and diagrams. Construction highlights involve commands like Line, Slope, PointIn, Vector, Translate, Segment, Polygon, and Dilate, utilizing objects such as A, B, a, m, b, c, etc. Suitable for high school mathematics education to understand the connection between vector operations and geometric figures.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Line(A, B) → a
  2. Slope(a) → m
  3. PointIn(c) → C
  4. Line(C, a) → e
  5. Vector(A, B) → u
  6. Translate(C, u) → C'
  7. Segment(A, B) → h
  8. Segment(A, C) → d
  9. Polygon(A, B, C') → poly1, c', a_1, b_1
  10. Polygon(A, C', C) → poly2, c_1, a_2, c'_1
  11. Dilate(A, If[0 < k ≤ 1, 1 - k, 0], C) → A'
  12. Vector(A, A') → v
  13. Translate(A, v) → A'_1
  14. Translate(B, v) → B'
  15. Segment(A'_1, B') → h'
  16. Dilate(C, If[1 < k ≤ 2, 2 - k, 0], C') → C'_1
  17. Vector(C, C'_1) → w
  18. Translate(A, w) → A'_2
  19. Translate(C, w) → C'_2
  20. Segment(A'_2, C'_2) → d'
  21. Polygon(A, B, C', C) → poly3, a_3, b_2, c'_2, c_2
  22. Segment(C, C') → f
  23. Segment(B, C') → g
  24. Segment(A, C) → i