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Geometry/Expert Profile
Expertise
Whatever questions you ask except how to trisect an angle.
Experience in the area
I have been assisting people in Geometry since the 80's.
Education/Credentials
I have an MS at Oregon State and a BS at Oregon State, both with honors.
Awards and Honors
I was the outstanding student in high school in the area of geometry and math in general.
Past/Present Clients
Over 7,500 people, mostly in math, with almost 400 in geometry.
What do you like about this subject?
It is an area of mathematics that I sometimes think is acute area to work with. My knowledge of it is quite obtuse. I bisect the questions down until I can answer each piece. Sometimes I go and use the complement to the question to get them right.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
To offer assistance to several people, including you ... that's why you're reading this, correct? I won't say, "right", for that just describes an angle ...
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
There are the same number of π radians in a circle as there are eggs most have for breakfast: 2. π almost looks like a pie ... you know, two sides and a top that overlaps the edges.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
Many people have said geometry, but who have you heard say, "Gee, I'm a tree" ... We may think about the circle found in a trunk and measure the angles, but the relation stops there.
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Recent Answers from Scott A Wilson
2012-01-16 Intersections:
Can 4 line segments have just 2 intersecting points? A line segment is a piece of a line. Draw one horizontal, and draw two of them vertical with the distance between them far enough so that the 4th
2012-01-10 Derivation of formula of frustum of a cone:
It is known that the slanted surface area of a cone is pi*s*r, where pi is 3.14159265..., s is the length from the point on top to the bottom edge, and r is the radius of the circle at the bottom.
2012-01-07 8th grade made:
Since if the shots are between 105 and 115 they are considered to be accurate, these need to be the cutoff points. Since that is 11 data points, put 11 data points in each bar below and above. That
2012-01-02 geometry:
A point on the curve is (x,y). The distance from (4,-3) to (x,y) is √[(x-4)²+(y+3)²] and the distance from (-1,-1) to (x,y) is √[(x+1)²+(y+1)²]. The 1st distance is 1/2 of the 2nd distance
2012-01-01 Geometry:
If the three straight lines are AB, CD, and EF, with points of intersection x on AB and CD, y on CD and EF, and z on AB and EF, then the intersection forms a triangle, and triangles are on a plane as
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