Unit 5
By: Jack Eike
Baseball Diamond (or Rhombus)
This is a baseball field. As you can probably tell, it also is in the shape of a rhombus. And, there are certain properties that rhombuses have so you can know certain distances. Lets say that the pitchers mound is right where the two diagonals (first and second base if you drew a line) intersect. You would then be able to use the properties of a rhombus to find the distance between home plate and second base, or first to third base, etc. This is where the properties of a rhombus come into play into the real world.
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Rectangular Wood Flooring
These are hardwood floor planks. They are also rectangles and they are tessellated. Since they are rectangles, that means that each board is exactly as wide as the one next to it. So you could use this to find how man boards across you would need to cover 3 feet. Say the boards are 6 inches wide. Then, because the boards are all the same width, you can then say you can fit 6 boards across that 3 feet.
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Is Popcorn a Trapezoid?
Hey! Look! It's a popcorn bowl! Yes, indeed it is. But not only is it a popcorn bowl, but it is also a trapezoid. And lets say that it is also an isosceles trapezoid. By knowing that, we know that the vertical sides are congruent so we know one side is not taller than the other. Plus, we know that the two base angles at the bottom are congruent and the two angles at the top are congruent.
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The Tall Rectangle
This is another example of a real world connection to our lessons. This skyscraper is made up of 7 rectangles. When they were building this skyscraper, they had to know the properties of a rectangle in order to make a sturdy tower. They had to make the opposite sides equal to each other so the building wouldn't lean to one side, they had to make sure the longer sides were parallel so the building could be sturdy, etc. This is why it is important to know the properties of a rectangle or any parallelogram.
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