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Rotational Animation of Parallelogram and Equilateral Triangles

Rotational Animation of Parallelogram and Equilateral Triangles
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2016-10-16 11:06
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This example demonstrates a dynamic geometric animation involving a parallelogram, equilateral triangles, and a cuboid, showing transformations through rotation and vector translation. Core mathematical concepts include angles, parallelogram properties, equilateral triangles, vectors, and the connection between 2D shapes and 3D solids. Construction highlights: using GeoGebra commands such as Rotate, Angle, Ray, Line, Point, Intersect, Segment, Min, Circle, Dilate, CircleSector, Vector, Translate, and Polygon, the construction creates multiple points, segments, circles, sectors, and polygons, with a slider or animation controlling the rotation angle α to observe dynamic changes. Suitable for middle and high school geometry classes to help students understand rotation, translation, vectors, and special triangle properties, and as an example for dynamic geometry exploration.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Rotate(B, a°, A) → B'
  2. Angle(B, A, B') → α
  3. Ray(A, B) → f
  4. Ray(A, B') → g
  5. Line(B, g) → h
  6. Point(g) → C
  7. Line(C, f) → i
  8. Intersect(h, i) → D
  9. Segment(C, D) → j
  10. Segment(A, B) → k
  11. Segment(B, D) → l
  12. Segment(A, C) → m
  13. Min(m, k) → b
  14. Circle(C, (0.2 * b)) → d
  15. Circle(A, (0.2 * b)) → e
  16. Circle(B, (0.2 * b)) → p
  17. Circle(D, (0.2 * b)) → c
  18. Intersect(e, k, 1) → E
  19. Intersect(e, m, 1) → F
  20. Intersect(p, k, 1) → G
  21. Intersect(p, l, 1) → H
  22. Intersect(d, g, 2) → I
  23. Ray(C, I) → q
  24. Intersect(c, h, 2) → J
  25. Ray(D, J) → r
  26. Intersect(c, i, 2) → K
  27. Ray(D, K) → s
  28. Dilate(A, If[0 < o ≤ 1, 1 - o, 0], B) → A'
  29. Segment(A, A') → t
  30. Rotate(E, If[1 < o ≤ 2, ((o - 1) * α), α], A) → E'
  31. CircleSector(A, E, E') → c_1
  32. Dilate(A, If[2 < o ≤ 3, 3 - o, 0], C) → A'_1
  33. Vector(A, A'_1) → u
  34. Translate(c_1, u) → d_1
  35. Segment(A, A'_1) → f_1
  36. Dilate(C, If[3 < o ≤ 4, 4 - o, 0], D) → C'
  37. Vector(C, C') → v
  38. Translate(d_1, v) → e_1
  39. Segment(C, C') → g_1
  40. Dilate(D, If[4 < o ≤ 5, 5 - o, 0], B) → D'
  41. Segment(D, D') → h_1
  42. Polygon(A, B, D, C) → poly1, a_1, b_1, d_2, c_2
  43. Dilate(A, If[5.5 < o ≤ 6.5, 6.5 - o, 0], C) → A'_2
  44. Vector(A, A'_2) → w
  45. Translate(A, w) → A'_3
  46. Translate(A', w) → A''
  47. Dilate(A, If[6.5 < o ≤ 7.5, 7.5 - o, 0], B) → A'_4
  48. Vector(A, A'_4) → u_1
  49. Translate(A, u_1) → A'_5
  50. Translate(A'_1, u_1) → L
  51. Intersect(d, i) → M, N
  52. Intersect(d, g) → O, P
  53. Angle(A, C, N) → β
  54. Rotate(e_1, If[5.5 < o ≤ 6.5, ((-(o - 5.5)) * π), (-π)], D) → k_1
  55. Rotate(N, If[6.5 < o ≤ 7.5, ((-(o - 6.5)) * β), (-β)], C) → N'
  56. CircleSector(C, N', N) → p_1
  57. Dilate(C, If[7.5 < o ≤ 8.5, 8.5 - o, 0], B) → C'_1
  58. Vector(C, C'_1) → v_1
  59. Translate(p_1, v_1) → q_1
  60. Rotate(q_1, If[8.5 < o ≤ 9.5, ((-(o - 8.5)) * π), (-π)], B) → r_1