Square and its diagonal

Two questions for you to think about:

square with one diagonal drawn in

1) How does the above image of a square with one diagonal relate to irrational numbers?

2) How does this image connect with history of mathematics?

Answers will be here next week... : )

Comments

Anonymous said…
hi
i think sqr 2
and...
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HowGreatADebtor said…
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What next Homeschool Carnival, you ask? http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2005/12/where-to-send-your-submission-for-next.html

:)

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