Polygons and Quadrilaterals

 

 

When and how are polygons used in sports?

 

Ans: Polygons  were use in sport since long time ago. For example, a race car paralleologram-shaped linkage that joins the frame of a race car to one wheel of the car. Another example is the basketball pannel. The basketball pannel will be a rectangle because the diagoanls are congruent. On the pannel, there is a little square box for shooting. This means that  for this square box, all of the sides and angles are congruent. The last example is the table tennis. As you know that people are using it everyday and the table is a rectangle. How is this polygon used is that 2 players will hit the ball over the net on this polygon. 

 

 

Give one example of your specific quadrilateral's usefulness in real life. Then explain why it is useful.

 

Ans: One example of a useful quadrilateral is a rectangle. Rectangle can be many things, such as a table, window, door, paper, or a book. In this case, I would say that a table is the most important because I eat foods on it, do my homework and I use it everyday, even now!

 

 

How are the geometric theorems you learned about quadrilaterals applied in architecture?

 

Ans: For example, I can imagine the shape of the floor tiles that I want and I can see does those fit in my house or not. Another example can be for you to place a certain amount of square concrete blocks to create a 500 meter wall, and each of them are 10 centimeter by 10 centimeter. To do this, you already know that these squares concrete block are all going to be congruent. So to do this, you divide 500 by 0.1, which is equal to 5000. Therefore, you need 5000 square blocks and arrange them up to make it to be 500 meter tall. 

 

 

What did you find most challenging about this unit?

 

Ans: Them most challenging part of this unit is to memorize every theorem in the chapter. These theorems are really essential because they are actually the properties of polygons. In the test, I was confused by the theorem and the properties of a rhombus. That's why I got one question wrong, which is a really stupid mistake. Next time, I could make sure that I understand both of the theorem and the property. 

 

 

What is one area of this unit you would like to learn more about?

 

Ans: I would like to learn more about finding out is the polygon a rectangle, square, rhombus, trapezoid, or a kite. The reason for this is because it is really confusing for me and it took me a lot of time in the test.