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Java Sketches
This page uses
JavaSketchpad, a World-Wide-Web component of
The Geometer's Sketchpad.
Copyright © 1990-2001 by KCP Technologies, Inc. Licensed only for non-commercial use.
The slider controls at the top of the sketch control dilations for the different size photographs shown pictured.
Play with these for a minute to get a feel for how they work.
- Are any of the common photo sizes similar? Provide complete reasoning.
- If there are similar sizes, determine the scale. If there are not, what are the closest to being similar?
- Determine a rule that could be used to determine if any two rectangles are similar or not using just their width and length.
Original sketch:
photoshop.gsp
(right click and "save target as...")
photoshop