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In the beginning
there was ...
G.O.D.
Graphic Object
Designer
on the 1st day, G.O.D. created…
a
POINT
it had no size, shape or color
I’m just a
representation
of a point!
only a location
(4,7)
but G.O.D. thought:
that’s a
boring
point
so he personalized her
Hi!
you can call
me point ‘P’
but P was lonely
P
so G.O.D. filled the PLANE with points
not this
kind of
plane
but it was too
much for P
INFINITE
# of points
so he LINEd them all up
infinitely
long
(no width)
P
P was happy with her new friends
Q T
Line QT
( QT )
P
and started hugging them …
Q T
P
I made an
OBTUSE
ANGEL!
QPT
you mean an obtuse
ANGLE ?
THIS is an angel
oh
and hugged…
Pall RIGHT!
(angle)
Pnow this is
ACUTE
angel!
and hugged some more…
no, THIS is!
… until they were all arRAYed!
P
ray PQ
(PQ)
Q
points past Q were too far from P
Q
S A D
P
so they split
S A D
leaving
close-knit
SEGMENT
PQ
P Q
their segment was inseparable
P
ENDPOINTS
Q
they TRANSLATED around the plane
hooked up with 2 other segments
P Q
U
PUQ
and called their TRIANGLE gang:
U
5” 5”
5”
the
EQUILATERALS!
P Q
they developed a strong bond
and
became
known
as:
the strongest
POLYGON
ever!
they were in big demand
they got to travel
the world
be PATRIOTIC
they were very popular
P Q
U
could we
join you?
sure!
they were very popular
P Q
U
cool!R
and formed a QUADRILATERAL
P Q
U R
with 4 CONGRUENT sides
we’re
special!
a RHOMBUS!
but the
angels aren’t
congruent!
ahhh, an
EQUILATERAL, EQ
UIANGULAR
QUADRILATERAL!
a shorter
name, maybe?
how about:
“REGULAR
QUADRILATERAL”
?
better!
we’re
SQUARE!
they kept coming …
room
for us?
of
course!
5 sides: PENTAGON
they kept coming …
and coming …
6 sides: HEXAGON
and coming …
8 sides: OCTAGON
and coming …
10 sides: DECAGON
we’re all
REGULAR!
and coming …
12 sides: DODECAGON
so
what’s the
name for 13
sides?
a “13-gon”
… until they had an infinite # of sides!
sides: CIRCLE
an
-gon !?
P was excited
the most perfect object
I’ve ever created!so was GODwe’re all
‘r’ from the
center!!r
it was a whole new, curvy world!
weeee!
she tried
some
other
curves
got spiritual
holy
god!
yes?
and as P followed her rainbow
HolyG
od!
she met her soulpoint … Ray!
HolyG
od!
and they went off to do a little ‘geometry’
HolyG
od!
Amen!
credits
HolyG
od!
music
Theme from: 2001, A Space Odyssey
En Douce – French Café
Quartet in C Major – Franz Joseph Hayden
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