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Month: June 2014

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GeoGebra Tutorial: Golden Ratio / Power of a Point

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Clio Corvid / 0 Comment

  Introduction In my previous post, I included this image, which I’d made in GeoGebra. The image satisfies the conditions of the problem: \(AD\) is t...

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The Golden Ratio and the Power of a Point Theorem

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Clio Corvid / 0 Comment

The Golden Ratio By definition, the Golden Ratio is a ratio involving overlapping line segments. Given collinear points A, B, and C, such that B is between A an...

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Schrödinger’s Brat and 3-Door Monte

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Clio Corvid / 0 Comment

The Monty Hall problem persists in Internet mathematics discussions, as if its results are somehow spectacularly unique or mystifying. Here is the problem: You ...

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Proof of the Power of a Point Theorem

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Clio Corvid / 0 Comment

I had to dig for a bit to find a complete proof for each part of the Power of a Point Theorem, so I thought it would be useful to compile my own proof. The Powe...

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Math Needs Better PR

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Clio Corvid / 0 Comment

I was recently reading a book on Greenfoot, a Java-based GUI intended for teaching programming to high schoolers and college underclassman. In the “Newton...

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10 vs Ten

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Clio Corvid / 0 Comment

What does “ten” mean? Here are some dictionary definitions: The number 10. (MacMillan) The cardinal number equal to 9 + 1. (American Heritage) Equiv...

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Intersecting Secants

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Clio Corvid / 2 Comments

In this entry, I’m going to be discussing how mathematicians tend to approach the world, and why we need better PR. I’m currently teaching High Scho...

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