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MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Geometric Constructions

I have just created 17 new animations for Geometric Constructions

Comments and suggestions, please!

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mathsyperson

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Registered: 2005-06-22

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Re: Geometric Constructions

Niiiiiice pages!
There were a few tricks on there that I didn't know (or maybe had forgotten ), and the pentagon was particularly awesome. I also liked the magic pencil.
[Edit: Just realised the pencil isn't magic, it's just that the ruler-pencil and compass-pencil are different colours. Still makes things a lot clearer though.]

I think it'd be a lot better if you had a bar along the bottom, so people could go back and forward at their own pace (like in YouTube, for example). A pause button would be good too, so people could follow along.

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Geometric Constructions

Thanks Mathsy ... it took a lot of time and patience to put them together. Forward and rewind would be hard, put pause is possible I think.

I just hope I made no mistakes, as I will link to them from the main website soon.

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bobbym

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Re: Geometric Constructions

Really nice job. Excellent!

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