Geometric Mean Demonstration by chlafrance02
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This example dynamically demonstrates the relationship between a semicircle and line segments, visually illustrating the geometric mean. It involves core concepts like geometric mean, tangent function, geometric transformations, expected value, incircle, and power functions. Construction uses commands such as Segment, Semicircle, Point, OrthogonalLine, Intersect, Line, Rotate, Angle, Polygon, TableText, Midpoint, Textfield, CircleArc. Suitable for high school mathematics teaching to understand the calculation and properties of the geometric mean.
GeoGebra Commands & Parameters
Segment(Z, A_1) → t_1Semicircle(Z, A_1) → d_1Point(d_1) → B_1OrthogonalLine(B_1, t_1) → a_1Intersect(t_1, a_1) → C_1Segment(C_1, A_1) → h_2Segment(Z, C_1) → g_2Line(A, B) → fOrthogonalLine(C, f) → gRotate(A, (-(90°)), C) → A'Angle(A', C, A) → αLine(C, A') → hIntersect(f, h) → DIntersect(f, g) → EPolygon(A, C, E) → poly1, e, a, cPolygon(E, C, D) → poly2, d, e_1, c_1Segment(E, C) → iSegment(E, C) → jSegment(A, E) → kSegment(E, D) → lTableText({{A1, B1, C1, D1, E1}, {A2, B2, C2, D2, E2}, {A3, B3, C3, D3, E3}, {A4, B4, C4, D4, E4}, {A5, B5, C5, D5, E5}, {A6, B6, C6, D6, E6}, {A7, B7, C7, D7, E7}}, "|_") → text4TableText({{A9, B9, C9, D9, E9}, {A10, B10, C10, D10, E10}, {A11, B11, C11, D11, E11}, {A12, B12, C12, D12, E12}, {A13, B13, C13, D13, E13}, {A14, B14, C14, D14, E14}, {A15, B15, C15, D15, E15}, {A16, B16, C16, D16, E16}, {A17, B17, C17, D17, E17}, {A18, B18, C18, D18, E18}, {A19, B19, C19, D19, E19}}, "|_") → text6Semicircle(F, G) → pPoint(p) → HSegment(F, G) → nMidpoint(n) → IPolygon(H, F, G) → poly3, g_1, h_1, f_1Semicircle(R, S) → rPoint(r) → TPolygon(R, T, S) → poly6, s, r_1, tOrthogonalLine(T, t) → i_1Intersect(i_1, t) → USegment(U, T) → q_1Polygon(N, O, 4) → poly5, q, n_1, p_1, s_1, P, QPolygon(Z, B_1, A_1) → poly7, a_2, z_1, b_1Segment(B_1, C_1) → f_2Textfield(u) → InputBox1Segment(A_1, D) → i_2Segment(B_1, C_1) → GeometricMean_1Midpoint(F, G) → E_1Segment(D_1, H) → GeometricMeanSegment(E_1, H) → MeanOrthogonalLine(H, n) → l_2Intersect(n, h_1) → F_1Intersect(l_2, n) → G_1Midpoint(n) → H_1Segment(F, G_1) → m_2Segment(G_1, G) → n_2Segment(U, R) → j_2Segment(U, S) → k_2Rotate(R, 90°, U) → R'OrthogonalLine(R', i_1) → j_1OrthogonalLine(S, j_1) → k_1Intersect(j_1, k_1) → JPolygon(U, R', J, S) → ab, u_1, r', j_3, s_2CircleArc(U, R, R') → c_2Segment(R, U) → l_1Midpoint(F, G) → KSegment(K, H) → m_1Segment(F, K) → p_2Segment(K, G) → q_2