Perimeter and Area by Austen Meek

Perimeter and Area by Austen Meek
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2014-11-13 07:10
This example demonstrates the calculation of perimeter and area of polygons through animation. Key math concepts include perimeter, area, and geometric transformations. It uses commands like Segment, PolyLine, Point, Translate, Polygon, and Textfield in GeoGebra. Suitable for middle school students and above for learning geometric properties and calculations, or for math teaching demonstrations.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Segment(A, B) → a
  2. Segment(G, H) → f
  3. PolyLine(S, T, U, V, W, Z, A_1) → d
  4. Point(d) → B_1
  5. Translate(H_1, u_1) → L_1
  6. Translate(I_1, u_1) → M_1
  7. Translate(J_1, u_1) → N_1
  8. Translate(K_1, u_1) → O_1
  9. Translate(H_1, v) → P_1
  10. Translate(I_1, v) → Q_1
  11. Translate(J_1, v) → R_1
  12. Translate(K_1, v) → S_1
  13. Translate(L_1, w) → T_1
  14. Translate(M_1, w) → U_1
  15. Translate(N_1, w) → V_1
  16. Translate(O_1, w) → W_1
  17. Translate(H_1, g) → Z_1
  18. Translate(I_1, g) → A_2
  19. Translate(J_1, g) → B_2
  20. Translate(K_1, g) → C_2
  21. Translate(P_1, h) → D_2
  22. Translate(Q_1, h) → E_2
  23. Translate(R_1, h) → F_2
  24. Translate(S_1, h) → G_2
  25. Translate(Z_1, i) → H_2
  26. Translate(A_2, i) → I_2
  27. Translate(B_2, i) → J_2
  28. Translate(C_2, i) → K_2
  29. Point(f) → C_1
  30. Segment(G, C_1) → e
  31. Point(f) → D_1
  32. Segment(C_1, D_1) → k
  33. Point(f) → E_1
  34. Segment(D_1, E_1) → l
  35. Segment(E_1, H) → m
  36. PolyLine(I, F_1, G_1, L_2, M_2, N_2, O) → b
  37. Point(b) → O_2
  38. Segment(I, O_2) → p
  39. Point(b) → P_2
  40. Segment(O_2, P_2) → q
  41. Point(b) → Q_2
  42. Segment(P_2, Q_2) → r
  43. Point(b) → R_2
  44. Segment(Q_2, R_2) → s
  45. Point(b) → S_2
  46. Segment(R_2, S_2) → t
  47. Segment(S_2, O) → a_1
  48. Segment(T_2, U_2) → b_1
  49. PolyLine(V_2, W_2, Z_2, A_3, B_3) → c_1
  50. PolyLine(S_3, T_3, U_3, V_3, W_3, Z_3, A_4) → d_1
  51. Point(d_1) → B_4
  52. Point(d) → E_3
  53. Point(d_1) → F_3
  54. Point(d_1) → G_3
  55. Point(d) → H_3
  56. Point(d_1) → I_3
  57. Point(d_1) → J_3
  58. Point(d_1) → K_3
  59. Point(d_1) → L_3
  60. Point(d_1) → D_3
  61. Point(d_1) → Q_3
  62. Point(d_1) → R_3
  63. Point(d_1) → C_4
  64. Polygon(D_3, Q_3, R_3, C_4) → poly1, d_3, q_3, r_3, c_4
  65. Point(d_1) → D_4
  66. Point(d_1) → E_4
  67. Point(d_1) → F_4
  68. Point(d_1) → G_4
  69. Polygon(D_4, E_4, F_4, G_4) → poly2, d_4, e_4, f_4, g_4
  70. Point(d_1) → H_4
  71. Point(d_1) → I_4
  72. Point(d_1) → J_4
  73. Point(d_1) → K_4
  74. Polygon(H_4, I_4, J_4, K_4) → poly3, h_4, i_4, j_4, k_4
  75. Segment(C_3, L_4) → f_1
  76. PolyLine(M_4, N_4, O_4, P_4, Q_4) → g_1
  77. PolyLine(R_4, S_4, T_4, U_4, V_4, W_4, Z_4, A_5, B_5) → h_1
  78. Textfield(A1) → inputBox1
  79. Textfield(A2) → inputBox2
  80. Textfield(A3) → inputBox3
  81. Textfield(A4) → inputBox4