The three stooges meet the conic sections

• Autores: Robert B. Gardner, Robert Davidson
• Localización: Mathematics teacher, ISSN-e 2330-0582, ISSN 0025-5769, Vol. 105, Nº 6, 2012, págs. 414-418
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Students analyze a photograph to solve mathematical questions related to the images captured in the photograph. This month, a still from a Three Stooges movie is analyzed. The mathematics involves conic sections, implicit differentiation, similar triangle geometry, and scaling factors.

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