How are geometric figures different from real-world objects?
2007-08-28 10:49:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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Real-world objects are made from multiple geometric figures put together.
2007-08-28 10:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geometric figures are used to simulate real world objects so they can be studied and to determine their properties and usefulness.
A simple example is the rhombus. Geometrically, it is proven on paper that the diagonals are always perpendicular to each other. This led to the invention of the certain car jacks that have the horizotal diagonal threaded so that turning the diagonal causes the jack to raise vertically and not on a slant.
If I draw a picture of a suspension bridge and note that the towers are perpendicular to the Earth and that the cables form catenary curves, etc. what is the difference between the picture and the real bridge?
You may as well ask what is the the difference between a picture of yourself and your real life image in a mirror.
2007-08-28 18:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geometric figures are plane figures and solid figures
real world objects are usually irrigular figures
man made solid object are usually geometric figures
door is a rectangle
dice is a cube
ball is a sphere
tire is a circle
roads are parallel lines
ladder form a triangle
2007-08-28 17:59:00 · answer #3 · answered by CPUcate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real world objects are three dimensional, having only length, width and depth.
Geometric figures are 2-dimensional, as they only exist on a plane. Think of a plane as a piece of paper, which is where you see most geometric figures.
2007-08-28 17:59:50 · answer #4 · answered by discover425 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
real world objects are more complex in that they have mass, density, and may be comprised of many many geometric figures
2007-08-28 17:59:08 · answer #5 · answered by sexy joker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋