example rairoad tracks...Parallel lines
basketball....... convex polygon
2006-12-08 08:21:47 · 10 answers · asked by Felicia F 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Hmm, computer screen (square), plate (circle), picture frame (square), door handle (cylinder), stove (cube), baseball (sphere), ice cube (cube), a book (rectangular prism). Hope this helps! :)
2006-12-08 08:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by wowthisissuperfun 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
- Diagonal stability. If you make a square out of, say, 2x4's, you need to put a diagonal through it in order for it not to collapse.
- Architecture relies heavily on geometry. Think 90-degree angles.
- The buckminsterfullerine molecure...geodesic dome
- A tripod... triangular pyramid.
Geometry was originated based on the observation of nature. Therefore, geometry already is embedded in everything in nature. as for man-made things, we use geometry to create them.
2006-12-08 08:32:41 · answer #2 · answered by TD 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its interesting that no one has said:
Stop Sign - octagon
Yield Sign - Triangle
Speed Limit Sign - Rectangle
No Smoking Sign - Circle
Railroad Crossing Sign - X- intersecting lines - 4 ninety degree angles
etc...
2006-12-08 10:40:23 · answer #3 · answered by billy_spell 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
8 Ball
2006-12-08 08:29:45 · answer #4 · answered by Touven1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Town Square - Square.
The Pyramids of Egypt - Pyramid.
Office Cubicle - Cube (just kidding).
2006-12-08 08:24:18 · answer #5 · answered by trigam41 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a soccer ball? I believe that is known as a truncated icosahedron. It is a curved tessellation of regular pentagons and regular hexagons.
2006-12-08 08:56:53 · answer #6 · answered by fill4ted2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the roof of a house or a door, window, floor or almost any thing in a house or building.
2006-12-08 08:53:25 · answer #7 · answered by soar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
finding the perimeter of a garden to buy fencing, the area of a house (cube) to buy enough paint, if the angle of stairs are a fraction off they are unusable, the list goes on
2006-12-08 12:25:18 · answer #8 · answered by Eon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Ball bearing, sphere.
2006-12-08 08:23:57 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quilt--uses multiple shapes and angles.
2006-12-08 08:23:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋