5TRANSFORMING SHAPES WITH GEOMETRY
In the teahouse one day Nasrudin announced he was selling his house. When the other patrons asked him to describe it, he brought out a brick. “It’s just a collection of these.”—Idries Shah
In geometry class, everything you learn about involves dimensions in space using shapes. You typically start by examining one-dimensional lines and two-dimensional circles, squares, or triangles, then move on to three-dimensional objects like spheres and cubes. These days, creating geometric shapes is easy with technology and free software, though manipulating and changing the shapes you create can be more of a challenge.
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