Friday, September 3, 2010

why are geometry symbols important

This post is going to be a very useful post for all of us. Looking at the topic itself you can see that the topic of the day is why are geometry symbols important. I have discussed with you the importance of geometrical instruments earlier.

Now for instance you are given a square and asked you to find the length, how would you find the length if the corners are not named (a, b, c, d) that is not possible therefore these letters represents the corners of the square. In a line the numbers and letters are used to identify the pointer.

How about the parallel line, we use the symbol //, what if i say a is // to b you will be able to make out what this sentence mean, it says that a is parallel to b here.

The symbols are used to identify something implicit meaning, they give a short meanings for shapes and terms.

Guys therefore geometry symbols are very important. The parallelogram shapes can also be shown using symbols.

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