Geometry reminder
We call two polygons congruent if all their corresponding sides and angles are equal. Triangles are the easiest sort of polygons to deal with. Assume we are given two triangles \(ABC\) and \(A_1B_1C_1\) and we need to check whether they are congruent or not, some rules that help are:
If all three corresponding sides of the triangles are equal, then the triangles are congruent.
If, in the given triangles \(ABC\) and \(A_1B_1C_1\), two corresponding sides \(AB=A_1B_1\), \(AC=A_1C_1\) and the angles between them \(\angle BAC = \angle B_1A_1C_1\) are equal, then the triangles are congruent.
If the sides \(AB=A_1B_1\) and pairs of the corresponding angles next to them \(\angle CAB = \angle C_1A_1B_1\) and \(\angle CBA = \angle C_1B_1A_1\) are equal, then the triangles are congruent.
The basic principles about parallel lines and general triangles are:
1. The supplementary angles (angles "hugging" a straight line) add up to \(180^{\circ}\).
2. The sum of all internal angles of a triangle is also \(180^{\circ}\).
3. A line cutting two parallel lines cuts them at the same angles (these are called corresponding angles).
4. In an isosceles triangle (which has two sides of equal lengths), two angles touching the third side are equal.
Consider the following sum: \[\frac1{1 \times 2} + \frac1{2 \times 3} + \frac1{3 \times 4} + \dots\] Show that no matter how many terms it has, the sum will never be larger than \(1\).
Today’s topic is inequalities, expressions like \(a\geq b\), or \(a>b\). There are certain rules for operating inequalities: one can subtract the same number from both sides of the inequality, namely if \(a\geq b\), then \(a-b \geq 0\). If \(a \geq b\) and \(b\geq c\), then \(a\geq c\). If a number \(c\geq 0\), then from \(a\geq b\) it follows that \(ac \geq bc\). However, in case of multiplication by a negative number \(c\leq 0\), the inequality sign reverses: from \(a\geq b\) it follows that \(ac \leq bc\). One should also remember that the square of any real number is non-negative.
Draw how Robinson Crusoe should put pegs and ropes to tie his goat in order for the goat to graze grass in the shape of a square, or slightly harder in a shape of a given rectangle.
Draw how Robinson Crusoe should put pegs and ropes to tie his goat in order for the goat to graze grass in the shape of a parallelogram.
Draw how Robinson Crusoe should put pegs and ropes to tie his goat in order for the goat to graze grass in the shape of a shape like this
Draw how Robinson Crusoe should put pegs and ropes to tie his goat in order for the goat to graze grass in the shape of a given triangle.
Draw how Robinson Crusoe should put pegs and ropes to tie his goat in order for the goat to graze grass in the shape of a hexagon
Draw a picture how Robinson used to tie the goat and the wolf in order for the goat to graze the grass in the shape of half a circle.
Draw a picture how Robinson used to tie the goat and the wolf in order for the goat to graze the grass in the shape of a young moon (see the picture below)