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Chapter 1: Nature of Mathematics
Section 1.1 Patterns and Numbers in Nature and the World
Example
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PATTERNS
3. Which of the figures can be used to
continue the series given below?
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A. 46
B. 52
C. 50
D. 56
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5. Which number should replace the question mark "?"
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
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SYMMETRY
Definition
Symmetry indicates that you can draw an imaginary line across an
object and the resulting parts are mirror images of each other.
Example
butterfly
Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
starfish
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SYMMETRY
Figure 1
The butterfly is symmetric about the axis indicated by the black line.
Note that the left and right portions are exactly the same. This type
of symmetry is called bilateral symmetry.
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Figure 2
Figure 3
Note that if you rotate the starfish in Figure 3 by 72◦ , you can still
achieve the same appearance as the original position. This is known
as the rotational symmetry. The smallest measure of angle that a
figure can be rotated while still preserving the original position is
called the angle of rotation. A more common way of describing
rotational symmetry is by order of rotation.
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ORDER OF ROTATION
Example
Figure 4
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ORDER OF ROTATION
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HONEYCOMB
Figure 5
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PACKING PROBLEM
Definition
Packing problem involve finding the optimum method of filling up
a given space such as a cubic or spherical container.
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PACKING PROBLEM
Proof.
Suppose you have circles of radius 1 cm, each of which will then
have an area of π cm2. We are then going to fill a plane with these
circles using square packing and hexagonal packing.
Figure 6
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Proof (Cont.)
For square packing, each square will have an area of 4 cm2. Note
from Figure 6 that for each square, it can only fit one circle. The
percentage of square’s area covered by circles will be
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Proof (Cont.)
Figure 7
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Proof (Cont.)
√
Thus, the area of the hexagon is 6 3 cm2. Looking at Figure 7,
there are 3 circles that could fit inside one hexagon (the whole circle
in the middle and 6 one-thirds of a circle), which gives total area as
3 π cm2. The percentage of the hexagon’s area covered by circles
will be
Comparing the two percentages, we can clearly see that using the
hexagons will cover a larger area than when usingsquares.
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OTHER MATHEMATICS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD
Examples
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OTHER MATHEMATICS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD
Examples
diffused through the embryo according to a system of
"reaction-diffusion equations."
Fibonacci numbers on flowers and nautilus shell (play videos)
Mathematics used to model population growth with the
formula
A = Pe rt
where A is the size of the population after it grows, P is the
initial number of people, r is the rate of growth, t is time and e
is the Euler’s constant with an approximately value of 2.718.
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OTHER MATHEMATICS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD
Example
The exponential growth model A = 30e0.02t describes the
population of a city in the Philippines in thousands, t years after
1995.
1 What was the population of the city in 1995?
Solution: Since our exponential growth model describes the
population t years after 1995, we consider 1995 as t = 0 and
then solve for A. Thus, A = 30 and the city population in
1995 is 30,000.
2 What will be the population in 2017?
Solution: We need to find A for the year 2017. To find t, we
subtract 2017 and 1995 to get t = 22. Hence, A = 46.5813
and the city population in 2017 is approximately 46,581.
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