A few days ago
coolcowgal2

I have a project and i need figure out how construcion and how it uses geometry. HELP!?

(constuction like hammer and nails.)

I have a trifold poster board that i have to use. Other than that, i can explain it anyway that gets the point across. but i dunno how.

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A few days ago
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You want to illustrate the board with drawings of construction. Show how everything is built on angles.

Walls are perpendicular to the floor.

Roof tresses are triangles.

Walls are rectangles with many rectabgles inside them.

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A few days ago
michelle s
Well think about what we build: bridges, houses, skyscrapers, underground tunnels, pipelines, utility networks, refineries, shopping centers, and offshore oil rigs. The list is endless. Construction surveyors make measurements and recommendations to engineers, architects, other professionals, and contractors at all stages of construction projects.

Measurement of angles and arcs are VERY important. Both are geometric measurements.

Construction surveyors get involved at many stages of a project. They are the first on the job. They verify construction as structures are being built or modified. When the job is done, they make sure that construction is in line with original plans.

Construction projects—especially for major structures—require a great deal of precision. In building a bridge, for example, construction surveyors make sure that, as the bridge is being built across a river, it is properly placed on each side. Small measurement errors across the span of a bridge can mean significant deviations once the builders reach the other side of the river. The same precision applies to underground construction for train tunnels, underground pipelines, and in mining. Surveyors who specialize in underground construction have to make sure that tunnels begin and end at the correct locations.

Additionally, in architecture, triangular windows are common in churches, perhaps representing the trinity. Triangular measurements and construction require an understanding and use of geometry.

Even bridges use geometry in angle measurements, arcs, and weight distribution.

A drafter, whose job is to draw plans and sketches of machinery or other technical structures, must use many geometrical facts and specialized equipment to work out these facts while on the job (see Mechanical Drawing). Euclid showed that just about every geometric shape can be drawn by using combinations of two basic procedures described in the following rules

Think about these things and pick one or two that interest you. Use pictures on part of the trifold, examples of blueprints that show angles, etc. on the other, then in the center write out how geometry is used, i.e. measurement, circular measurements, arcs, and angles for precision. You might even want to have pictures of tools used such as :

protractor, calculator, slide rule, and computer geometry tools such as CAD.

I am a math educator and I know how frustrating this may seem. BUT, research it a bit and you may be surprised how interesting you may find it. Most importantly have fun with it and be creative!

Hope this helps

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A few days ago
Anonymous
This is a pIEce of cake you got this. Look at bridges. They are built by using major geometry! Most suspension use a triangle design. You can talk about how triangle designs are very, very strong! You could compare them to other shapes that aren’t as strong. (ie. circle) But then you could look at artistic buildings as well. Then point out the shapes that they use. Just a good spot to start is bridges. I think.

Well I hope you do well!

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