Estimating Perimeter and Area of Simple Polygons
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Build your intuition for the perimeter and area of simple polygons (polygons whose edges intersect only at vertices) by dragging the vertices of the polygon around the geoboard. To see a way of computing the area of simple polygons see the Demonstration entitled Picks Theorem.;;
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Build your intuition for the perimeter and area of simple polygons (polygons whose edges intersect only at vertices) by dragging the vertices of the polygon around the geoboard. To see a way of computing the area of simple polygons see the Demonstration entitled Picks Theorem.;;
Key concepts: Perimeter, Polygon (computer graphics), Point in polygon, Simple polygon, Rectilinear polygon, Star-shaped polygon, Combinatorics, Simple (philosophy)