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Flanigan, Frank, Ed. – College Mathematics Journal, 1991
Presented are six short articles on an application of an ellipse to carpentry, the area of an ellipse by stacking, using the isoperimetric quotient to solve a minimum problem, using an ill-posed trigonometry problem to encourage deeper exploration of concepts, the volume and centroid of the Step Pyramid of Zoser, and a unique telescoping series…
Descriptors: Analytic Geometry, Area, College Mathematics, Geometric Concepts