What is the point of Geometry?
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The "point" of geomtery -- that's actually a great pun.  But never mind that now. :)\n\nThe purpose of just about all math is *deduction*: using the information you're given (what you know) to *deduce* something new (what you didn't know).  In algebra, for instance, we represent a situation (what we know) with an equation, then solve that equation for the "unknown" quantity, the variable (what we didn't know).\n\nThe point of geometry is that it's the first step in learning to apply math deduction to real-world measurable objects.  We start by learning things like how to calculate perimeter, area, volume, and surface area.  We then move on to further deductions in the form of "proofs," where we might prove that two angles of an object are the same based on other information about the object.  That continues as you move beyond geometry into topics like trigonometry, analytic geometery, and calculus, but a simple situation might be to determine the height of a building by comparing the length of its shadow to the shadow from another object whose height you can measure, and using the notion of "similar triangles" to deduce the answer.\n\nHope that helps.
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A point has no hight, width, or length, so technically its hard to comprehend that it is there.  However, for mathematical completeness, we know that it must be there.  God is something that is hard to see, but most of us know He must be there.
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geometry:the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces\n\nGeometry (from the Greek words Geo = earth and metro = measure) is the branch of mathematics first popularized in ancient Greek culture by Thales (circa 624-547 BC) dealing with spatial relationships
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Approach your teacher and ask him or her whether your rule is geometrically valid. This is a very elementary costruction but you may have come up with something which exploits some neglected area of geometry. Once you interact, you will come to know whether it really is a brainwave or whether it already exists or is plain obvious.
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U can see the whole world as Geo-metric figures. The Design of a house by civil Engineer is full of Geometry. Followed by lands Planned to use for building purpose and for Ariel view. And with the help of ice in winters if u go to the north and south pole u can find natural and Man made designs which r Geometric figures which u have mentioned above.\n\n  Geometry is not the different types of angles and triangles it includes figures like cone, circle, cylinders , Pentagon and u can go on  Infinity
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Surely 3D graphics may help developing the sense of the third dimension in geometric representations.\n\nNo comment about the negative effects on other sides of some kinds of games.
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geometry using formulas and numbers, with good analytical description to show a problem or solution.\nIt does not rely on a picture, a diagram,nor solve a problem graphically. It solve a problem analytically.
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That is spherical geometry.  Geometry that describes the properties of figures drawn on the surface of the sphere.
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It's been too long for me.\n\nSample many definitions. Go to MATHWORLD.COM (lower case)\n2 geometric figures are CONGRUENT when one gets transformed into the other by isometry.\n\nStay with it.\n\nGRIZZ
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*ugh*.... Its been 10 years since that class... and I hated that part of geometry... that is the most pointless thing in math that I have experienced to date.. why would one write a paragraph... being two columns to begin wiht, and why would u write something that is just not solvable.... or has no point in life... this is probably the reason I skated outta that class with a C-
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Why is this in Mathematics?
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Hell, yes. Proofs = ack! Anyone who says geometry is "easy" is lying. Even if you do good in it, it's still not "easy" for a high schooler.
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I'm going to focus on the usual non-euclidean geometry due to Lobachevsky. In that geometry, there are infinitely many lines parallel to a given line and through a given point. Squares (i.e. figures with 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles) don't have right angles. There is a pentagon with all right angles. The area of a triangle can be determined by the sum of the angles in the triangle (it is proportional to the difference of 180 degrees and the sum of the angles). There is a 'natural' unit of distance obtained from angles between parallel lines and perpendicular lines.
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i,m a roofer i use basic geometry to figure areas of roof in order to buy material. a little simple addition and i can figuer out a price for the customer... then a little subtraction to get the job never hurts.... on occation i need a bit of basic algebra to make corections in sales tax.\n at home simple math is needed to balance check books and figure the hosehold buget. out in the yard its back to geometry to calculate home much seed and fertilizer to buy.\n on the computor things get a little "hairy"  when it comes to responding to question on "yahoo answers" category ; math.. but i try...
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Xcuse me dude, plz be clear abt wt u wanna ask abt the PRINCILES OF GEOMETeRY
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How goes the answer and why ask the question and what's the point?
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Geometry (area of a circle, rectangle, triangle, volume of a rectangle, etc...) plus percentages, percentage of change. Some minor algebra to find the unknown vairable in the percentage calcs. That's about it.