The Rects of Integer Equilateral Triangles

Students can change the side length of an equilateral triangle (domain: integers) and a corresponding rectangle is shown with the same perimeter. Then students may change the length of the rectangle (again domain: integers) to see if any of the possible rectangles contain more area than the equilateral triangle.

 

Scott Farrar

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
area  equilateral-triangle  perimeter  polygons  triangles 
Target Group (Age)
11 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
GeoGebra version
5.0
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