The Fencing Problem
Aim - to investigate which geometrical enclosed shape would give the
largest area when given a set perimeter.
In the following shapes I will use a perimeter of 1000m. I will start
with the simplest polygon, a triangle.
Since in a triangle there are 3 variables i.e. three sides which can
be different. There is no way in linking all three together, by this I
mean if one side is 200m then the other sides can be a range of
things. I am going to fix a base and then draw numerous triangles off
this base. I can tell that all the triangles will have the same
perimeter because using a setsquare and two points can draw the same
shape. If the setsquare had to touch these two points and a point was
drawn at the 90 angle then a circle would be its locus. Since the size
of the set square never changes the perimeter must remain the same.
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The area of a triangle depends on two things: the height and the base.
The base is fixed in this example so the triangle that has the biggest
height, i.e. the middle triangle, will have the biggest area. The
middle triangle turns out to be an icosoles triangle.
I am going to focus only on icosoles triangles. I have constructed a
formula linking all three sides in and icosoles triangle.
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X
X
X=any number which is greater than 250 and less than 500
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1000 - 2X
Using Pythagoras theorem I can find and equation linking a side to the
area.
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½(1000 - 2X)² + H² = X²
H² = X² + (X -500)² H = height
X
500 - X
X² - (500-X)²
H
Area
251
249
1000
31.6
7874.1
300
200
50000
223.61
44721.0
333.33
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Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. Before this historic moment, lots of talented African-American baseball players starred in what was called the Negro Leagues. It was many of these athletes dream to someday play in the MLB, but not until Jackie Robinson did any of them get to realize this dream. What is often lost in this tale of bravery and change, is that it was too late for some Negro league greats such as Buck Leonard or Josh Gibson. Fences by August Wilson, introduces another man who just missed on the Major Leagues.
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