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Head First 2D Geometry
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Head First 2D Geometry

by Stray (Lindsey Fallow), Dawn Griffiths
November 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
8h 55m
English
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triangle properties
First we need to pick a venue
There are three local fields where this sort of event can take place,
and your choice of venue is absolutely critical. It determines how
many people can come to your festival and what it will cost to
make sure they all pay to get in.
Here are the three possible venues:
The three fields
are different
shapes and sizes.
What do you need to find out about each potential venue to
figure out the following? Just describe these in normal words—
don’t worry about geometry jargon.
a) The fencing costs:
b) The capacity:
We don’t want people
coming in for free!
The number of people who
can come to the festival
Field A
Field B
Field C
152 Chapter 4
permeter is the total length of sides
The perimeter is the total length of the sides of a shape
If you add up the lengths of all of the sides, or edges, of a
shape then you’ve got the perimeter. The exact calculation you
need to do depends on how many sides your shape has.
What do you need to find out about each potential venue to
figure out the following? Just describe these in normal words—
don’t worry about geometry jargon.
a) The fencing costs:
b) The capacity
we don’t want people
coming in for free!
number of people who can
come to the festival
The length of the edges
The area—how much ...
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