Oakwood's Geometry Hunters

Students from Oakwood High School (Morgan Hill, CA) noticing cool examples of geometric objects and concepts in the world around them.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Proving Theorem 9-5 with a Car Tire

As theorem 9-5 states, "a diameter that is perpendicular to a chord bisects the chord and its arc." I decided to use a picture of my car tire to show the proof of this theorem. 




~ (JC2)
Posted by Geometry Hunter at 7:19 AM
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