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Take and Make: Conic Sections Model update
November 8, 2021Turns out you can use CorelDraw to reverse engineer the parts to a conic section model. Read all about it in the November 2021 MAA Math Horizons page called Do The Math (p. 29). Editor Tom Edgar was fun to work with, and made the graphic images. The files are here, please help yourself. We cut ours out of 1/8″ ...
Finally Making a working Peaucellier Linkage
November 1, 2021Why does this project NEVER turn out? It happens that we have been missing a critical fact. The arm of the linkage is NOT the same length as the radius (k) of the larger reference circle used for the inversion even though we wanted it to be. The workshop is littered with failed tries. The arm length and the sides ...
I have had a great time until now working for Math Happens. The goal of this organization is to teach children, but I have ended up learning more than I have to offer to the children!
Viyang Shah
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